আই
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Assamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Early Assamese আই (ai), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Aryan *āyiH. Probably a nursery word. Cognate with Kamta আঈ (ai) / ai. Compare Bodo (India) आइ (ai), Marathi आई (āī).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
আই • (ai)
Usage notes[edit]
Like other Assamese kinship nouns, আই (ai) uses the -এক (-ek) suffix for 3rd person. 2nd person can get the -এৰে (-ere) suffix for contemptuous manner. For example,
- মোৰ আই ― mür ai ― My mother
- আপোনাৰ আই ― apünar ai ― Your mother
- তোৰ আয়েৰে ― tür ayere ― Your mother
- তাৰ আয়েক ― tar ayek ― His mother
Early Assamese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Aryan *āī. Probably a nursery word.
Noun[edit]
আই (ai)
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