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1890.] A Grammar of the Chhattisgarhi dialect. 
^ift 
«t> ^Tt* 
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*/ 
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V 
V 
s/ 
V 
V 
v/ 
f^ri‘ be visible,’ 
4 show,’ 
*sTT ‘ eat,’ 
4 unite,’ 
ft ‘ drink,’ 
U«lTTj 4 be amaz- 
ed.’ 
^ ‘ touch,’ 
<N_ 
^1 ‘ cut,’ 
ft ‘ drink,’ 
‘come,’ 
f^rSTf 4 the act of being 
visible,’ 4 to be visible.’ 
^*sir 3 «r * the act of showing,’ 
‘ to show.’ 
‘ eating,’ 4 to eat.’ 
fil^rPT ‘ union.’ 
ftpSTPS ‘ the act of drinking.’ 
BRlTTTft ‘ amazement.’ 
4 a touch.’ 
‘ cutting.’ 
ftps} it; 4 drinking.’ 
^TT ‘ arrival.’ 
117. 
*rr 
ft 
t 
The following terminations form 
</ ‘ cover,’ 
v/ W ‘ bind,’ 
fsi 1 to spread out,’ 
v/ ‘ swing,’ 
■S ^ ‘ dig,’ 
*/ fr?K ‘ sweep,’ 
nouns of instrument : 
'f'TfTVU ‘ clothes.’ 
f ' tr*IT ‘ bonds.’ 
f^lTSTT ‘ a rolling pin.’ 
‘ a swing,’ ‘ a cradle.’ 
1 a hoe.’ 
fNtft or «rf%ft ‘ a broom.’ 
118. Participles are formed with the following terminations : 
Present, rf, or f ; e. g. ^5T ‘ do,’ 
</ >511 ‘ go.’ 
Past . 9 (der. &obl.); 9 T ‘do,’ 
Tr? 4 remain,’ 
ATT ‘ beat,’ 
J ‘ move,’ 
v \J 
y VT 4 seize,’ 
S ‘ go,’ 
pres, past 3 \T<T or 4 doing.’ 
„ Sim or silf 4 going.’ 
past past. 9T 4 done.’ 
„ Tf 4 remained.’ 
„ WTC 4 beaten.’ 
„ 4 moved.’ 
\J 
,, tf? 4 seized.’ 
„ snf or Jif 4 gone.’ 
Examples of the adjectival use of participles. 
5 UH ijvr’S-^IT 4 for a going man,’ 4 for a man who is going.’ 
9 TfT ^TW-^iT Tift 4 do not stop a work in progress.’ 
^ * f° r the she-goat that has removed behind.’ 
* 3 PC is used only with causal roots in % and with the roots '*81 ‘come,’ and 
*!T 4 sing.’ 
