গাঁও

Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit গ্ৰাম (grāma). Compare Sylheti ꠉꠣꠅ (gao) and Bengali গাঁ (gã).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡãʊ/

Noun

গাঁও • (gãü) (classifier -খন)

1. village

Declension

Inflection of গাঁও

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			numeral				non-numeral (plural)
			singular		plural		informal				formal
absolutive	গাঁও gãü		গাঁওখন gãükhon		গাঁওকেইখন gãükeikhon		গাঁওবোৰ gãübür		গাঁওবিলাক gãübilak		গাঁওসমূহ gãüxomuh
ergative	গাঁৱে gãwe		গাঁওখনে gãükhone		গাঁওকেইখনে gãükeikhone		গাঁওবোৰে gãübüre		গাঁওবিলাকে gãübilake		গাঁওসমূহে gãüxomuhe
accusative	গাঁৱক gãwok		গাঁওখনক gãükhonok		গাঁওকেইখনক gãükeikhonok		গাঁওবোৰক gãübürok		গাঁওবিলাকক gãübilakok		গাঁওসমূহক gãüxomuhok
genitive	গাঁৱৰ gãwor		গাঁওখনৰ gãükhonor		গাঁওকেইখনৰ gãükeikhonor		গাঁওবোৰৰ gãübüror		গাঁওবিলাকৰ gãübilakor		গাঁওসমূহৰ gãüxomuhor
dative	গাঁৱলৈ gãwoloi		গাঁওখনলৈ gãükhonoloi		গাঁওকেইখনলৈ gãükeikhonoloi		গাঁওবোৰলৈ gãübüroloi		গাঁওবিলাকলৈ gãübilakoloi		গাঁওসমূহলৈ gãüxomuholoi
instrumental	গাঁৱেৰে gãwere		গাঁওখনেৰে gãükhonere		গাঁওকেইখনেৰে gãükeikhonere		গাঁওবোৰেৰে gãübürere		গাঁওবিলাকেৰে gãübilakere		গাঁওসমূহেৰে gãüxomuhere
locative	গাঁৱত gãwot		গাঁওখনত gãükhonot		গাঁওকেইখনত gãükeikhonot		গাঁওবোৰত gãübürot		গাঁওবিলাকত gãübilakot		গাঁওসমূহত gãüxomuhot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.