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d ̤ ire d ̤ ire ɑpʌn jʌmin bẽc-e lɑɡ-ʌl
slowly slowly 3.GEN land sell-SIM continue-3.PST

'When they were afraid of hiding land, they started selling it slowly.' (02.056)
b. ओ म2 जुट गइल लोग और भी आ खूला जगह पर लागल होखे ।

o mẽ juʈ ɡʌil loɡ ɔr b ̤ i ɑ kʰulɑ jʌɡʌɦ
o mẽ juʈ jɑ-il loɡ ɔr b ̤ i ɑ kʰul-ɑ jʌɡʌɦ

DIST LOC join go-3.PST people more also and open-ADJ place

jʌɡʌɦ pʌr lɑɡʌl ɦokʰe
jʌɡʌɦ pʌr lɑɡ-ʌl ɦokʰ-e
PLace LOC continue-3SG.PST be-SIM

'Some more people joined it and the gatherings also started to be organized
at open places.' (04.099)
c. जब बु!ढ़आ खाए लगली त लइका कहे लागल, ‘लोलो रे लोलो, अपने बेFटया के मास-

भात खइले रे लोलो !’
jʌb buɽ ̊ iɑ kʰɑe lʌɡli tʌ lʌikɑ

jʌb buɽ ̊ iɑ kʰɑ-e lɑɡ-ʌl-i tʌ lʌikɑ
when old woman eat-SIM continue-PP-3.PST.F.MH COMP boy

kʌɦe lɑɡʌl lolo re lolo ʌpne beʈiɑ
kʌɦ-e lɑɡ-ʌl lolo re lolo ɑpʌn-e beʈi-ɑ

say-SIM continue-3SG.PST hush VOC hush GEN-EMPH daughter-DET

ke mɑsb ̤ ɑt kʰʌile re lolo
ke mɑs-b ̤ ɑt kʰɑ-il-e re lolo
GEN meat & rice eat-PP-2.PST VOC hush

'When the old woman started eating, the boy began to say, "Hush! eat with
pleasure, it's your own daughter's meat and rice."' (05.055)

With another nearly synonymous phasal predicate सुm कर /suru kʌr/ 'start' the
verbal noun strategy is also possible, as shown in (18).

(18) ऊ चारे आदमी कौनो ना कौनो एगो पाट सुm करे ।

u cɑre ɑdmi kɔno nɑ kɔno eɡo pɑʈ suru
u cɑr-e ɑdmi kɔno nɑ kɔno ek-ɡo pɑʈ suru
DIST four-EMPH man some EMPH some one-CLF drama begin

kʌre

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