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de-ke utɑr-wɑ-ke mil-ʌl ɦʌ i
give-SEQ take off-CAUS-SEQ find-PP be.3SG.PRES this

kucʰio kucʰio
kucʰ-io kucʰ-io

something-EMPH something-EMPH
' this something was obtained in five thousand rupees making a man

putting this dress off his body.' (10.103)
c. ... बोरा के बोरा खाद नेपाल सरकार िवदेश से लेआके लोग के देत रहे ।

borɑ ke borɑ kʰɑd nepɑl sʌrkɑr bides
borɑ ke borɑ kʰɑd nepɑl sʌrkɑr bides

sack GEN sack fertilizer Nepal government foreign country

se leɑke loɡ ke det rʌɦe
se le-ɑ-ke log ke de -ʌt rʌɦ-e
ABL take-CAUS-SEQ people DAT give-SIM live-3.PST

' Government of Nepal used to distribute sacks of chemical ferlilizer
among people importing from foreign countries.' (02.066)

d. बड़कु कमाइल ढेउवा म2 से दस हजार रोपेया देत कहलख्, ...
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bʌɽku kʌmɑil ɖeuɑ mẽ se dʌs ɦʌjɑr
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bʌɽ-ku kʌmɑ-il ɖeuɑ mẽ se dʌs ɦʌjɑr
elder-CLF earn-PP penny LOC source ten thousand

ropeɑ det kʌɦlʌkʰ
ropeɑ de-ʌt kʌɦ-ʌl-ʌkʰ

rupee give-SIM say-PP-3.PST
'The elder gave ten thousand rupees from his earning and said, ...' (10.045)

e. ... भरमुठी कसके पकड़ले बा लोग ... ।

b̤ ʌrmuʈʰi kʌske pʌkʌɽle bɑ loɡ
b̤ ʌr-muʈʰi kʌs-ke pʌkʌɽ-ʌl-e bɑ loɡ
full-fist tighten-SEQ grab-INF-SIM be.3SG.PRES people

'... they have caught it tightening their fist ' (07.101)
d) Simultaneity

Simultaneity involves two overlapping events and includes what Givón
(2001b:330) refers to as 'point coincidence'. Like Chantyal (Noonan 1999), Bhujel
(Regmi 2007) and Maithili (Yadava 2005), Bhojpuri also employs simultaneous

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