| 7.11.3. Compound Adverbs |
| Reduplicated Forms |
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A few simple adverbs are reduplicated with internal change to become compound verbs. The first constituent in the following examples may be taken as stem from which the second constituent can be dervied.
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habar hibar |
‘this side and that side’ |
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hakka: hikka: |
‘here and there’ |
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here: gure: |
‘hither and thither’ |
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kiko koko |
‘zig-zag’ |
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In the above examples the first three may also be treated as simple compounds as they individually occur as place adverbs.
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A few adverbs and an interrogative are reduplicated to express intensity of time or plurality.
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injek |
‘now’ |
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injek injek |
‘justnow’ |
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baske: |
‘when’ |
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baske: baske: |
‘whenever’ |
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ba:ra |
‘what (pl.)’ |
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ba:ra ba:ra |
‘what kinds of’ |
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okoh |
‘again’ |
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okoh okoh |
‘one and all’ |
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| 7.12. Verbal Idioms |
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The verbal idioms in Abujhmaria consist of a noun and verb stem. Given below is a list of verbs with their accompanying nouns which form an idiom in this language.
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The verbal idioms are divided into two groups. While Group-I consists of a borrowed noun and a native verb stem, Group-2 consists of noun and verb stems which are native ones.
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| Group-I |
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upa:s kiya:na: |
‘to fast’ |
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ba i:h kiya:na: |
‘to welcome’ |
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kurla: kiyana: |
‘to rinse water in the water’ |
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paa:h kiya:na: |
‘to teach’ |
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pare: ma:yna: |
‘to read’ |
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cine: ma:yna: |
‘to recognise’ |
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jagram kiya:na: |
‘to fight’ |
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ji:te: ma:yna: |
‘to win’ |
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ji:wa: kiya:na: |
‘to love’ |
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lika: kiya:na: |
‘to write’ |
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lae: ma:yna: |
‘to quarrel’ |
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ju:le: ma:yna: |
‘to swing’ |
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vica:r kiya:na: |
‘to wish’ |
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lu: kiya:na: |
‘to rob’ |
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