বতাহ
Assamese
Alternative forms
- বাতাহ (batah)
Etymology
Inherited from Early Assamese বতাস (botaso), from Sanskrit ৱাতত্ৰাস (vātatrāsa, “stormy wind”), a compound of ৱাত (vāta, “wind”) + ত্ৰাস (trāsa, “fear”).[1] Cognate with Bengali বাতাস (bataś), Nepali बतास (batās), Odia ବତାସ (batāsa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ.taʱ/, /bɔ.ta/
Noun
বতাহ • (botah) (classifier -খিনি)
Declension
| nominative | বতাহ / বতাহে (botah / botahe) |
|---|---|
| accusative | বতাহ / বতাহক (botah / botahok) |
| dative | বতাহলৈ (botaholoi) |
| terminative | বতাহলৈকে (botaholoike) |
| instrumental | বতাহে / বতাহেৰে (botahe / botahere) |
| genitive | বতাহৰ (botahor) |
| locative | বতাহত (botahot) |
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
- বতৰ (botor)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*vātatrāsa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 670