আতা
Assamese
Etymology
Cognate with Gujarati આતાજી (ātājī, “grandfather”). Related to আতৈ (atoi, “Vaishnava monk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ta/
Noun
আতা • (ata)
- grandfather
- Synonym: (common in Standard Assamese) ককা (koka)
- old man
Kinship declension
| Person | Cases | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | accusative | dative | terminative | genitive | locative | ||||
| 1st | মোৰ (mür, “my”), আমাৰ (amar, “our”) | আতা ata |
আতাক atak |
আতালৈ ataloi |
আতালৈকে ataloike |
আতাৰ atar |
আতাত atat | ||
| 2nd | very familiar; inferior |
তোৰ (tür, “your”), তহঁতৰ (tohõtor, “your(pl)”) | আতাৰ atar |
আতাৰক atarok |
আতাৰলৈ ataroloi |
আতাৰলৈকে ataroloike |
আতাৰৰ ataror |
আতাৰত atarot | |
| familiar | তোমাৰ (tümar, “your”), তোমালোকৰ (tümalükor, “your(pl)”) | আতাৰা atara |
আতাৰাক atarak |
আতাৰালৈ ataraloi |
আতাৰালৈকে ataraloike |
আতাৰাৰ atarar |
আতাৰাত atarat | ||
| formal | আপোনাৰ (apünar, “your”), আপোনালোকৰ (apünalükor, “your(pl)”) | আতাক atak |
আতাকক atakok |
আতাকলৈ atakoloi |
আতাকলৈকে atakoloike |
আতাকৰ atakor |
আতাকত atakot | ||
| 3rd | তাৰ (tar, “his”), তাইৰ (tair, “her”), সিহঁতৰ (xihõtor, “their”), তেওঁৰ (teü̃r, “his/her(frm)”) etc | ||||||||
Declension
| nominative | আতা / আতাই (ata / atai) |
|---|---|
| accusative | আতা / আতাক (ata / atak) |
| dative | আতালৈ (ataloi) |
| terminative | আতালৈকে (ataloike) |
| instrumental | আতাই / আতাৰে (atai / atare) |
| genitive | আতাৰ (atar) |
| locative | আতাত (atat) |
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural.
Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc.
Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive.
Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too.
Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common.
Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese.
Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.
See also
- আবু (abu)
Bengali
Pronunciation
Noun
আতা • (ata)
- a custard apple with a flat surface