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‘The boy plucked A CAKE and said to the old woman, 'O my old Grandma,
can I let THE CAKE fall on the ground?'’ (05.011)

b. ऊ दुपहरवा आइल ।
u dupʌɦʌrwɑ ɑil

u dupʌɦʌr-wɑ ɑ-il
3SG afternoon-DEF come-3SG.PST

‘He came in the afternoon.’ (06.011)
c. ना, ऊ सँिझया आइल ।

nɑ u sʌȷ ̈ iɑ ɑil
̃
̃
nɑ u sɑȷ ̈ - iɑ ɑ-il
NEG 3SG evening-DEF come-3SG.PST
‘No, he came in THE EVENING.’ (06.012)

d. आ लोप होई त ई समाज के ब5त बड़का घाटा होई ।

ɑ lop ɦoi tʌ i sʌmɑj ke bʌɦut
ɑ lop ɦo-i tʌ i sʌmɑj ke bʌɦut
and extinct be-3SG.FUT COND PROX society GEN very

bʌɽkɑ ɡ ̈ ɑʈɑ ɦoi
bʌɽ-kɑ ɡ ̈ ɑʈɑ ɦo-i
big-CLF loss be-3SG.FUT
‘And if extinct, it will be THE GREAT loss of this society.’ (03.204)

e. ई एगो मीठ आम बा ।

i eɡo miʈʰ ɑm bɑ
i ek-ɡo miʈʰ ɑm bɑ

PROX one-CLF sweet mango be.3SG.PRES
‘This is A SWEET mango.’ (14.259)

f. ई त िमठुआवा आम बा ।
i tʌ miʈʰuɑwɑ ɑm bɑ

i tʌ miʈʰ-ɑwɑ ɑm bɑ
PROX COND sweet-DEF mango be.3SG.PRES

‘This is THE SWEET mango.' (14.260)
In the examples (27a-f) the numeral एगो /eɡo/ ‘one-CLF’ codes िपSी /piʈʈʰi/

‘cake’ as indefinite and the suffix -आ /-ɑ/ with the same nominal codes it as definite

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