শাহু
Assamese
Etymology
Inherited from Early Assamese শাশু (śaśu), from Sanskrit শ্ৱশ্ৰূ (śvaśrū), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swaśrúH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swaćrúH, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂ (“mother-in-law”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠢꠠꠤ (hoṛi), Bengali শাশুড়ি (śaśuṛi), Hindustani ساس (sās) / सास (sās).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xa.ɦu/
Noun
শাহু • (xahu)
- mother-in-law
- Antonym: শহুৰ (xohur)
Kinship declension
| Person | Cases | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | accusative | dative | terminative | genitive | locative | ||||
| 1st | মোৰ (mür, “my”), আমাৰ (amar, “our”) | {{{1no}}} {{{1no-tr}}} |
শাহুক xahuk |
শাহুলৈ xahuloi |
শাহুলৈকে xahuloike |
শাহুৰ xahur |
শাহুত xahut | ||
| 2nd | very familiar; inferior |
তোৰ (tür, “your”), তহঁতৰ (tohõtor, “your(pl)”) | {{{2no}}} {{{2no-tr}}} |
শাহুৱেৰক xahuerok |
শাহুৱেৰলৈ xahueroloi |
শাহুৱেৰলৈকে xahueroloike |
শাহুৱেৰৰ xahueror |
শাহুৱেৰত xahuerot | |
| familiar | তোমাৰ (tümar, “your”), তোমালোকৰ (tümalükor, “your(pl)”) | {{{3no}}} {{{3no-tr}}} |
শাহুৱেৰাক xahuerak |
শাহুৱেৰালৈ xahueraloi |
শাহুৱেৰালৈকে xahueraloike |
শাহুৱেৰাৰ xahuerar |
শাহুৱেৰাত xahuerat | ||
| formal | আপোনাৰ (apünar, “your”), আপোনালোকৰ (apünalükor, “your(pl)”) | {{{4no}}} {{{4no-tr}}} |
শাহুৱেকক xahuekok |
শাহুৱেকলৈ xahuekoloi |
শাহুৱেকলৈকে xahuekoloike |
শাহুৱেকৰ xahuekor |
শাহুৱেকত xahuekot | ||
| 3rd | তাৰ (tar, “his”), তাইৰ (tair, “her”), সিহঁতৰ (xihõtor, “their”), তেওঁৰ (teü̃r, “his/her(frm)”) etc | ||||||||
Declension
| Indefinite forms | Definite forms | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| numeral | non-numeral (plural) | ||||||||
| singular | plural | informal | |||||||
| absolutive | শাহু (xahu) | শাহুগৰাকী (xahugoraki) | শাহুকেইগৰাকী (xahukeigoraki) | শাহুবোৰ (xahubür) | শাহুবিলাক (xahubilak) | ||||
| ergative | শাহুৱে (xahue) | শাহুগৰাকীয়ে (xahugorakie) | শাহুকেইগৰাকীৱে (xahukeigorakie) | শাহুবোৰে (xahubüre) | শাহুবিলাকে (xahubilake) | ||||
| accusative | শাহুক (xahuk) | শাহুগৰাকীক (xahugorakik) | শাহুকেইগৰাকীক (xahukeigorakik) | শাহুবোৰক (xahubürok) | শাহুবিলাকক (xahubilakok) | ||||
| genitive | শাহুৰ (xahur) | শাহুগৰাকীৰ (xahugorakir) | শাহুকেইগৰাকীৰ (xahukeigorakir) | শাহুবোৰৰ (xahubüror) | শাহুবিলাকৰ (xahubilakor) | ||||
| dative | শাহুলৈ (xahuloi) | শাহুগৰাকীলৈ (xahugorakiloi) | শাহুকেইগৰাকীলৈ (xahukeigorakiloi) | শাহুবোৰলৈ (xahubüroloi) | শাহুবিলাকলৈ (xahubilakoloi) | ||||
| instrumental | শাহুৰে (xahure) | শাহুগৰাকীৰে (xahugorakire) | শাহুকেইগৰাকীৰে (xahukeigorakire) | শাহুবোৰেৰে (xahubürere) | শাহুবিলাকেৰে (xahubilakere) | ||||
| locative | শাহুত (xahut) | শাহুগৰাকীত (xahugorakit) | শাহুকেইগৰাকীত (xahukeigorakit) | শাহুবোৰত (xahubürot) | শাহুবিলাকত (xahubilakot) | ||||
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead.
Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere).
Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case.
Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.