असूंचे

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit अस्ति (asti, “to be”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásti (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“to be”), from *h₁es-.

आस्चे (āsce, “to be”) is a dialectal doublet, which is spoken in dialects other than Kodiali Konkani.

Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Latin est, Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (a-s-t-i-y /⁠astiy⁠/), Hittite 𒂊𒌍𒍣 (ēszi), Old Church Slavonic єстъ (estŭ), Gothic 𐌹𐍃𐍄 (ist), English is.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈs̪uːn.tɕe/

Verb

असूंचे • (asūñce) (Latin script asunche, Kannada script ಅಸೂಂಚೆ)

1. (dialectal, Kodiali) to be, to be there, to be present