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Table 15.7: Borrowed prefixes
Prefix Noun/adjective Derivative

बे /be-/ 'without' घर /ɡ ̈ ʌr/ 'house' बेघर /beɡ ̈ ʌr/ 'homeless'

िन /ni-/ 'without' डर /ɖʌr/ 'fear' िनडर /niɖʌr/ 'fearless'

ना /nɑ-/ 'no' लाएक /lɑek/ 'able' नालाएक /nɑlɑek/ 'worthless'

सु /su-/ 'good' भग /b ̤ ʌɡ/ 'behaviour' सुभग /sub ̤ ʌɡ/ 'well-mannerred'

कु /ku-/ 'bad' रीित /riti/ 'usage' कुरीित /kuriti/ 'malpractices'
But the chief character of Bhojpuri prefixes is overlooked as Singh (2008:36-7)

argues and it is the truth. Table 15.8 shows Bhojpuri prefixes with lexical items.
Table 15.8: Bhojpuri prefixes

Prefix Lexeme Derivative
म- /mʌ-/ मोर /mor/ 'fold/twist' ममोर /mʌmor/ 'fold/twist repeatedly'

द- /dʌ-/ बोर /bor/ 'press to sink' दबोर /dʌbor/ 'press to sink repeatedly'

स- /sʌ-/ लोर /lor/ 'tears' सलोर /sʌlor/ 'mix up repeatedly in liquid'

ह- /ɦʌ-/ लोर /lor/ 'tears' हलोर /ɦʌlor/ 'stir surfacely with hands'

̃
̃
झँ- /ȷ ̈ ʌ-/ झोर /ȷ ̈ or/ 'jerk' झँझोर /ȷ ̈ ʌȷ ̈ or/ 'jerk repeatedly to remove'
c) Infix
Infixing happens in terms of glidation during clause-combining in the NIA

languages including Bhojpuri, already discussed in Chapter 4.1.3. But Bhojpuri does
have exceptions in counting numbers above hundred, already discussed in the same
section of the chapter. Besides these, Bhojpuri has its own infixes, as shown in

Table 15.9.
Table 15.9: Bhojpuri infixes

Infix Lexeme Derivative
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-अँक- /-ʌk-/ घोर /ɡ ̈ or/ 'mix with liquid' घँकोर /ɡ ̈ ʌkor/ 'mix repeatedly with liquid'
̃
̃
-अँक- /-ʌk-/ झोर /ȷ ̈ or/ 'jerk' झँकोर /ȷ ̈ ʌkor/ 'repeated force of wind and rain'
-अक- /-ʌk-/ बोर /bor/ 'press to sink' बकोर /bʌkor/ 'vomit'

-अत- /-ʌt-/ पार /pɑr/ 'across' पतार /pʌtɑr/ 'spread (paddy seedlings)'

̃
-अँव- /-ʌw-/ झार /ȷ ̈ ɑr/ 'hit to remove' झँवार /ȷ ̈ ʌwɑr/ 'shake repeatedly to cook'
̃
To summarize affixation, the use of negative affixes exhibiting striking
similarities among IA languages is presented in Table 15.10.

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