কায়ম

Assamese

মাইকী কায়ম চৰাই

maiki kayom sorai

A female grey-headed swamphen bird

Alternative forms

• কাম (kam), কাম চৰাই (kam sorai), কায়ম চৰাই (kayom sorai)

Etymology

Cognate with Sylheti ꠇꠣꠁꠝ (xaim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaéɔm/

Noun

কায়ম • (kayom)

1. grey-headed swamphen
2. swamphen

Classifier

Male = -টো, female = -জনী.

Declension

Declension of কায়ম
nominative	কায়ম / কায়মে kayom / kayome
genitive	কায়মৰ kayomor
nominative	কায়ম / কায়মে kayom / kayome
accusative	কায়ম / কায়মক kayom / kayomok
dative	কায়মলৈ kayomoloi
terminative	কায়মলৈকে kayomoloike
instrumental	কায়মে / কায়মেৰে kayome / kayomere
genitive	কায়মৰ kayomor
locative	কায়মত kayomot
Notes
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural. Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc. Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive. Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too. Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common. Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese. Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.

Derived terms

• কাইমা (kaima)