মুইহ
Assamese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Early Assamese মহিষ (mohiṣo), from Sanskrit মহিষ (mahiṣa), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *maźʰiṣás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *maȷ́ʰišás, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂sós, from *méǵh₂s. Cognate with Bengali মোষ (mōś), Odia ମଇଁଷି (maĩṣi), Hindustani بھینس / भैंस (bha͠is), Sylheti ꠜꠂꠍ (bois).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muiʱ/
Noun
মুইহ • (muih)
- (Kamrupi, Dehan) buffalo
- হাথী যায়ে হালে হালে, মুইহোৰ বাৰ্তা লয়ে।
- hathi zaye hale hale, muihür barta loye.
- Elephants go in herds but (s/he) asks about buffaloes.
Classifier
-টু
Declension
| nominative | মুইহ / মুইহে (muih / muihe) |
|---|---|
| accusative | মুইহ / মুইহোক (muih / muihük) |
| dative | মুইহোক (muihük) |
| instrumental | মুইহে / মুইহেদি (muihe / muihedi) |
| genitive | মুইহোৰ (muihür) |
| locative | মুইহোত (muihüt) |
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: -মাখা (-makha) and -গিলা (-gila) / গিলাক (gilak) / গিলান (gilan).
Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive.
Accusative: -ওক (-ük) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative: Sometimes alternatively -ওত (-üt) marks this case.
Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এদি (-edi) is emphatic and more common.
Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এৰে (-ere) is used instead of the common -এদি (-edi).
Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.