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Contents
xxii | 55 |
32 | 62 |
ASPECT AND ASPECTIVIZERS | 105 |
MODE | 133 |
GERUNDS AND PERIPHRASTIC TENSES | 148 |
OTHER VERBAL CONSTRUCTIONS | 184 |
9 | 223 |
CAUSATIVES AND ERGATIVITY | 245 |
Torch | 309 |
Durgā Bahādur meets his friends | 315 |
Radio | 351 |
Two friends 2 | 358 |
Riddles | 364 |
ANTHOLOGY OF KIRANTI SCRIPTS | 550 |
References | 559 |
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Common terms and phrases
actant affixes agent allophone allɔ anchige anga anige aŋga apophony aspectivizer be-1sPS/NPT be-PT bhanera caus co⚫k conjugated DEPR devanāgarī dual EMPH ergative EXIG forms genitive gerund gǝrǝ glottal stop hɛkke hɛkkɛlle hɛkyaŋ hɛn hɛnaŋ hu?r NPT intransitive kərə kɛrɛk khɛne khɛnɛ khɛŋ khɛŋha khunchi khunɛ Kiranti Kiranti script kkhya kɔŋ kɔtna Kumar's kwama la?ba Limbu Limbu language lɔk maize mbɔk məna millet beer minimal pairs morpheme Nārāyaṇ Nārāyaṇ's mother nasal ndik negative Nepali nɛn niŋwa nominal non-singular nonpreterit noun ŋma occur one's Pacthare patient Phedāppe phonemes plosive plural postpositive preterit pronouns rəcə rice rɔk Sarumba singular sleep someone speaker stem suffix tchi Tehrathum thik third person tive tɔk transitive verbs vide vowel Yansarumba yəllik Κε
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Page iv - This study was supported by a grant from the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (ZWO) under the auspices of the Netherlands Foundation for Chemical Research (SON).