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reflexive sense to serve as an intensifier that emphasizes the notion that the implicit
subject or agent of the clause or the preceding noun phrase take part in the event

itself. This emphasis on one participant implies the exclusion of other possibilities. In
Bhojpuri, it is also the form of an honorific second person nominative but that is not
relevant here. Following are the examples:

(35) a. आिखर बु&ढ़आ के बेटी के लइका मुड़ी ढ"क8 म" खानके मुआ देलक, ओकर समुचा लुगा-

कपड़ा आ गहना गुcरया अपने पेPह लेलक आ ओकरे मास-भात बनाके तैयार क देलक ।
̈
ɑkʰir buɽ ̊ iɑ ke beʈi ke lʌikɑ muɽi ɖẽki mẽ
̈
ɑkʰir buɽ ̊ iɑ ke beʈi ke lʌikɑ muɽ ɖẽki mẽ

lastly old woman GEN daughter GEN boy head pounder LOC

kʰɑnke muɑ delʌk okʌr sʌmucɑ luɡɑkʌpɽɑ
kʰɑn-ke mu-ɑ de-ʌl-ʌkʰ u-ʌr sʌmucɑ luɡɑ-kʌpɽɑ
pound-SEQ die-CAUS give-PP-3.PST 3SG-GEN all clothes

ɑ ɡʌɦnɑɡuriɑ ʌpne pen ̥ lelʌk
ɑ ɡʌɦnɑ-ɡuriɑ ʌpne pen ̥ le-ʌl-ʌkʰ
and ornaments self wear take-PP-3.PST

'Eventually, the boy killed the girl pounding her head in the mortar and
himself wore her all clothes and ornaments ...' (05.053)
b. त गायन आ वाताDलाप दूनू के सङे-सङे ले चले के भोजपुरी के अपने एगो िवशाल परंपरा

रहल बा ।

tʌ ɡɑen ɑ bɑrtɑlɑp dunu ke sʌŋe
tʌ ɡɑen ɑ bɑrtɑlɑp du-nu ke sʌŋ-e

COND singing and dialogue two-EMPH ACC with-EMPH

sʌŋe le cʌleke ke b ̤ ojpuri ke ʌpne eɡo
sʌŋ-e le cʌl-e ke b ̤ ojpuri ke ʌpne ek-ɡo
with-EMPH take walk-PUR GEN Bhojpuri GEN self one-CLF

bisɑl pʌrʌmpʌrɑ bɑ
bisɑl pʌrʌmpʌrɑ bɑ

enormous tradition be.3SG.PRES
'Then, Bhojpuri has an immense tradition of its own to carry on singing and
dialogue together.' (03.275)

c. ले&कन समय के अपने गित बा, ऊ चलते रही ।

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