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tʌb indrʌ ɑdi deotɑ sʌb b ̤ ʌɡwɑn bisnu se jɑke
tʌb indrʌ ɑdi deotɑ sʌb b ̤ ʌɡwɑn bisnu se jɑ-ke

then Indra etc god PL Lord Vishnu DAT go-SEQ

prɑrtʰnɑ kʌre lʌɡlʌn
prɑrtʰnɑ kʌr-e lɑɡ-ʌl-ʌn

prayer do-SIM continue-PP-3.PST.MH

'When the demon king Bali completed hundred oblations (yagyas) and
made efforts to confiscate heaven, Indra and his all ally gods went to Lord

Vishnu and commenced His prayers.' (07.038)
Such construction seems like a relative clause, like a number of similar temporal

adverbial constructions in the world's languages (Thompson & Longacre, 1985:180-1),
as shown in (30a-b).

(30) a. जब बइठकb के !दन होखे त लोग कथा-पतुतर कहे ।
jʌb bʌiʈʰki ke din ɦokʰe tʌ loɡ kʌtʰɑ pʌtutʌr

jʌb bʌiʈʰki ke din ɦokʰ-e tʌ loɡ kʌtʰɑ pʌtutʌr
when leisure GEN day be-3.PST COND people story dialogue

kʌɦe
kʌɦ-e

say-3.PST.M
'When it was leisure-time, people used to tell stories and folk-tales.' (03.251)

b. अपने जब ई बात कह रहल बानी त हमरा इयाद आवता ।
ʌpne jʌb i bɑt kʌɦ rʌɦʌl bɑni tʌ

ʌpne jʌb i bɑt kʌɦ rʌɦ-ʌl bɑni tʌ
2SG.H when PROX matter say live-INF be.PRES.H COND

ɦʌmrɑ iɑd ɑwʌtɑ
ɦʌm-ʌr-ɑ iɑd ɑ-wʌt bɑ

1SG-GEN-DAT memory come-IMPF be.3SG.PRES
'While you are revealing this, I am remembering.' (03.205)

Perfective participle clauses with an adverb such as बाद /bɑd/, पर /pʌr/ 'after'

are also used in temporal subsquence, as shown in (31a-b).
(31) a. बटैया हक के कानूनी करार देला के बाद !कसान लोग म2 एगो उoसाह आइल रहे ।

bʌʈʌiɑ ɦʌk ke kɑnuni kʌrɑr delɑ ke bɑd

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