কনুই

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Bengali কনুহি (konuhi), কনোহি (konōhi), from Prakrit *𑀓𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀺 (*kahuṇi), *𑀓𑀳𑁄𑀡𑀺 (*kahoṇi), from Sanskrit *कफुणि (*kaphuṇi), कफोणि (kaphoṇi), from a substrate language. Cognate with Odia କହୁଣି (kahuṇi), Maithili केहुनी (kēhunī), Gujarati કોણી (koṇī), Hindi कुहनी (kuhnī).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /konu̯i/, [ˈkonu̯iˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /konu̯i/, [ˈkonu̯iˑ]

Noun

কনুই • (konui)

  1. (anatomy) elbow

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative কনুই (konui)
objective কনুই / কনুইকে (konui (semantically general or indefinite) / konuike (semantically definite))
genitive কনুইর (konuir)
locative কনুইতে / কনুইয় (konuite / konuiẏ)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative কনুইটি , কনুইটা (konuiṭi, konuiṭa) কনুইগুলি, কনুইগুলা, কনুইগুলো (konuiguli, konuigula, konuigulō)
objective কনুইটি, কনুইটা (konuiṭi, konuiṭa) কনুইগুলি, কনুইগুলা, কনুইগুলো (konuiguli, konuigula, konuigulō)
genitive কনুইটির, কনুইটার (konuiṭir, konuiṭar) কনুইগুলির, কনুইগুলার, কনুইগুলোর (konuigulir, konuigular, konuigulōr)
locative কনুইটিতে, কনুইটাতে, কনুইটায় (konuiṭite, konuiṭate, konuiṭaẏ) কনুইগুলিতে, কনুইগুলাতে, কনুইগুলায়, কনুইগুলোতে (konuigulite, konuigulate, konuigulaẏ, konuigulōte)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).