কেনে

Assamese

Alternative forms

• কেনাই (kenai) — Nalbari (Kamrupi)
• কেনা (kena) — Dehan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese কেহ্নৈ (kehnoi). Cognate with Sylheti ꠇꠦꠘꠦ (xene).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.nɛ/

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Adverb

কেনে • (kene)

1. (state) how

   ভালকৈ চাই লোৱা কেনে দেখি? ― bhalkoi sai lüa kene dekhi? ― Look clearly how it looks like.

Synonyms

• কেনেকুৱা (kenekua) (more emphatic)

Derived terms

• কেনেকুৱা (kenekua)
• কেনেকৈ (kenekoi)
• কেনেবা (keneba)
• কেনেবাকৈ (kenebakoi)

See also

• যেনে (zene)
• এনে (ene)
• তেনে (tene)

Bengali

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈke.ne]

• Audio:

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Verb

কেনে • (kene)

1. third-person present indicative of কেনা (kena)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

কেনে • (kêne)

1. alternative form of কেন (kênô, “why”)

Alternative forms

• কেন (kênô)
• ক্যান (kên)

Derived terms

• কেনেনা (kênena)

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “কেন, কেনে, কেনি (মধ্যযুগীয় বাংলা)” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh

Early Assamese

Etymology

Cognate with Kamta কেনে (kene), Bengali কেন (keno).

Pronoun

কেনে (kene)

1. (interrogative) why

   Synonym: কিস (kiso)

   তুমি কেনে নথাকিলা শাশুৰীৰ পাশে? ― tumi kene nothakila śaśurīro paśe? ― Why did you not stay with mother in law?

Hajong

Etymology

Cognate with Sylheti ꠇꠦꠘꠦ (xene), Assamese কেলেই (kelei), Bengali কেন (keno)

Pronoun

কেনে (kene)

1. (interrogative) why

Kamta

Etymology

Cognate with Sylheti ꠇꠦꠘꠦ (xene), Bengali কেন (keno)

Pronoun

কেনে (kene)

1. (interrogative) why