ꠛꠃ
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Sylheti
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū), from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū). Compare Bengali বউ (bou).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ꠛꠃ • (bou)
- wife
- ꠔꠥꠝꠤ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ ꠛꠤꠛꠤ, ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ ꠙꠥꠀꠂꠘ ꠀꠞ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ ꠙꠥꠀꠂꠘ꠆ꠔꠞ ꠛꠃꠞꠦ ꠟꠁꠀ ꠎꠣꠎ ꠕꠣꠇꠤ ꠛꠣꠞ ꠅꠁꠀ ꠀꠅ (Bible in Sylheti, Genesis 8:16)
- tumi tumar bibi, tumar fuaino ar tumar fuaintor boure loia zaz táki bar oia ao
- Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of ꠛꠃ (bou) | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite forms | ||
| nominative | ꠛꠃ (bou) | |
| objective | ꠛꠃ / ꠛꠃꠞꠦ (bou (semantically general or indefinite) / boure (semantically definite)) | |
| genitive | ꠛꠃꠞ (bouor) | |
| locative | ꠛꠃꠧ (bouo) | |
| ergative | ꠛꠃꠦ (boue) | |
| definite forms | ||
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ꠛꠃꠉꠥ (bouogu) | ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘ (bouoguin) |
| objective | ꠛꠃꠉꠥ / ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠞꠦ (bouogu / bouogure) | ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (bouoguin / bouoguinre) |
| genitive | ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠞ (bouogur) | ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (bouoguinor) |
| locative | ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠔ (bouogut) | ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (bouoguino) |
| ergative | ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠄ (bouogue) | ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (bouoguine) |