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b) Direct object
The NP in the direct object position can be relativized:

(77) जेके हम आपन बुझनी, ऊ हमे िबरान बुझलख ।
jeke ɦʌm ɑpʌn buȷ ̈ ni u ɦʌme birɑn

je-ke ɦʌm ɑpʌn buȷ ̈ -ni u ɦʌm-e birɑn
REL-DAT 1SG own think-PST.H COR 1SG-DAT alien

buȷ ̈ lʌkʰ
buȷ ̈ -ʌl-ʌkʰ

think-PP-3SG.PST
'The one who I believed ignored me.' (Lohar, 2010:89)

The NP जेके /jeke/ 'whom' is relativized in the direct object position.

c) Indirect object
The NP in the indirect object position can be relativized:

(78) जेके तू हँसुआ देलऽ ओके हम हँथउड़ी देनी ।
jeke tu ɦʌ ̃ suɑ delʌ oke ɦʌm ɦʌ ̃ tʰʌuɽi

[je-ke tu ɦʌ ̃ suɑ de-ʌl-ʌ] o-ke ɦʌm ɦʌ ̃ tʰʌuɽi
REL-DAT 2SG sickle give-PP-2SG.PST.MH COR-DAT 1SG hammer

deni
de-ni

give-PST.H
'Who you gave a sickle; I gave him/her a hammer.' (Lohar, 2010:89)

The NP जेके /jeke/ 'whom' is relativized in the indirect object position.
d. Oblique

The NP in oblique position can be relativized in Bhojpuri:

(79) जे पुरान बा ओकरे िनरंतरता म2 कौनो नया चीज के जVम होई ।
je purɑn bɑ okre nirʌntʌrtɑ mẽ kɔno

je purɑn bɑ u-ʌr-e nirʌntʌrtɑ mẽ kɔno
REL old be.3SG.PRES COR-GEN-EMPH continue-NML LOC any

nʌyɑ cij ke jʌnm ɦoi
nʌyɑ cij ke jʌnm ɦo-i
new matter GEN birth be-3SG.FUT

'Something new can be born only as a continuity of the old one.' (03.330)

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