মৌ

Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit मधु (madhu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey, wine”). Cognates include Gujarati મધ (madh), Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu), Lithuanian medùs, Old Church Slavonic медъ (medŭ, “honey”), and Old English medu (English mead).

Alternative forms

• মৌজোল (mouzül)
• মৌৰস (mourox)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɔʊ]

Noun

মৌ • (mou)

1. honey

Declension

Inflection of মৌ

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			specific		not specific
					informal				formal
absolutive	মৌ mou		মৌখিনি moukhini		মৌবোৰ moubür		মৌবিলাক moubilak		মৌসমূহ mouxomuh
ergative	মৌৱে moue		মৌখিনিয়ে moukhinie		মৌবোৰে moubüre		মৌবিলাকে moubilake		মৌসমূহে mouxomuhe
accusative	মৌক mouk		মৌখিনিক moukhinik		মৌবোৰক moubürok		মৌবিলাকক moubilakok		মৌসমূহক mouxomuhok
genitive	মৌৰ mour		মৌখিনিৰ moukhinir		মৌবোৰৰ moubüror		মৌবিলাকৰ moubilakor		মৌসমূহৰ mouxomuhor
dative	মৌলৈ mouloi		মৌখিনিলৈ moukhiniloi		মৌবোৰলৈ moubüroloi		মৌবিলাকলৈ moubilakoloi		মৌসমূহলৈ mouxomuholoi
instrumental	মৌৰে moure		মৌখিনিৰে moukhinire		মৌবোৰেৰে moubürere		মৌবিলাকেৰে moubilakere		মৌসমূহেৰে mouxomuhere
locative	মৌত mout		মৌখিনিত moukhinit		মৌবোৰত moubürot		মৌবিলাকত moubilakot		মৌসমূহত mouxomuhot
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.

Derived terms

• মৌ পালক (mou palok)
• মৌ পালন (mou palon)
• মৌ সিতা (mou xita)
• মৌ-কোঁহ (mou-kü̃h)
• মৌ-পিয়া (mou-pia)
• মৌ-মিঠা (mou-mitha)
• মৌচাক (mousak)
• মৌমাখি (moumakhi)