काट्नु

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कर्तति (kártati). Compare Hindi काटना (kāṭnā).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [käʈɳu]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: काट्नु

Verb

काट्नु • (kāṭnu) (transitive)

  1. to cut, cut up, cut down, cut off
  2. to deduct
  3. to kill, slaughter
  4. to spend (time)
  5. to pass, cross
  6. to reap, harvest

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “काट्नु”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner

Further reading

  • काट्नु”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “काट्नु”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar