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buɽ ̊ iɑ oke pʌkʌɽke d ̤ okʌri mẽ kʌs
buɽ ̊ -i-ɑ o-e pʌkʌɽ-ke d ̤ okʌri mẽ kʌs

old-F-DEF 3SG-DAT catch -SEQ bag LOC place and tighten

leli ɑ cʌl deli
le-ʌl-i ɑ cʌl de-ʌl-i
take-PP-3.PST-F.MH and walk give-PP-3.PST-F.MH

'The old woman pulled him down, tightened him in the bag and went.' (05.039)
13.5.2 Different-subject chaining
While the chaining exemplified in the preceding section expresses sequencing

of events or actions with one and the same subject, another construction type is being
used when there is a subject switch after a non-final clause: a non-final clause as the

ones found in (84a-c), in which a finite verb is followed by the particle आ /ɑ/, is in

turn followed by another (non-final or final) clause.
(85) a. बन राखे बाघ आ बाघ राखे बन ।

bʌn rɑkʰe bɑɡ ̈ ɑ bɑɡ ̈ rɑkʰe bʌn
bʌn rɑkʰ-e bɑɡ ̈ ɑ bɑɡ ̈ rɑkʰ-e bʌn

jungle keep-PRES tiger and tiger keep-PRES jungle
'The jungle protects tiger and the tiger protects jungle.' (09.118)
b. लइका जइसही िपQी देवे तिनका नीचा उतरके लभल, बु!ढ़आ ओके पकड़के धोकरी म2

कस लेली आ घरे चल देली ।
lʌikɑ jʌisʌɦi piʈʈʰi dewe tʌnikɑ nicɑ utʌrke

lʌikɑ jʌise-ɦi piʈʈʰi de-we tʌnikɑ nicɑ utʌr-ke
boy as fast as-EMPH cake give-PUR little down descend-SEQ

lʌb ̤ ʌl buɽ ̊ iɑ oke pʌkʌɽke d ̤ okʌri mẽ
lʌb ̤ -ʌl buɽ ̊ -i-ɑ o-e pʌkʌɽ-ke d ̤ okʌri mẽ

bow-3SG.PST old-F-DEF 3SG-DAT catch-SEQ bag LOC

leli ɑ ɡ ̈ ʌre cʌl deli
le-ʌl-i ɑ ɡ ̈ ʌr-e cʌl de-ʌl-i
take-PP-3.PST.F.MH and house-LOC walk give-PP-3.PST-F.MH

'As the boy descended a little and bowed to give her the cake, the old
woman pulled him down, tightened him in a bag and went home.' (05.019)
c. चल हम ओखरी म2 मुड़ी लगावतानी आ तू ढ2कb चलाके सज दे ।

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