§§ 196—97.] COMPOUND VERBS. 107 



grnccf ?;=fW jdit rahah, to continue going, 

 qfcl ^T^^ pavait deb, to go on finding. 



mf'T ^^?T SfTT^fi^ i)ani bahait jdiaclih\ the water keeps 

 flowing away. 



%^ ^^cT il'W^fl^ nadi ker dhdr bahait raliaiachh\ 

 the stream of the river keeps flowing on. 



§ 196. II. Staticals. 



^^cT kanait chalab, to go along crying. 



Jl^cT gabait deb, to come singing. 



^ ^ 3i$«T ^§l5f%, ek sin gavait avaichhaV, a woman was 

 coming singing. 



§ 197. D. Other compound verbs, 



I. The following idiom with the Past Participle, making quasi statical 

 verbs may be noted, 



trrfsT ^'W^ sTTTcf ^fl^ pdni bahal jdit aclili, the water keeps 

 flowing away. 



^ fqi<^^ ek bdgh paral phiraichhal, a tiger 



was prowling about. 



In connection with this note that the phrase =f^T ^tt^T chald jdnd , "to 

 go away", so common in Hindi, has no counterpart in Maithili, the Inten- 

 sive compound being used instead. 



II. The Maithili equivalent to the Hindi ^ '?iy?fj le and, to bring, ia 

 '^rr'H dnab, and to the Hindi ^ 5iT»lT lejdnd, to take away, is the anomalous 



^TT'l^r lene jdeb. 



