ꠜꠥꠉ

Sylheti

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit भोग (bhoga). Cognate with Assamese ভোগ (bhüg), Bengali ভোগ (bhōg), Hindustani بهوگ / भोग (bhog), Odia ଭୋଗ (bhoga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /búɡ/

Noun

ꠜꠥꠉ • (búg)

  1. suffering
  2. enjoyment
    • ꠅꠁꠟꠦ ꠀꠝꠤ ꠀꠁꠍꠤ ꠎꠣꠔꠦ ꠔꠣꠞꠣ ꠎꠤꠘ꠆ꠖꠦꠉꠤ ꠙꠣꠄ, ꠀꠞ ꠅꠃ ꠎꠤꠘ꠆ꠖꠦꠉꠤ ꠙꠥꠞꠣꠙꠥꠞ ꠜꠥꠉ ꠇꠞꠦ (Bible in Sylheti, John 10:10)
      oile ami aisí zate tara zindegi fae, ar ou zindegi furafur búg xore
      I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. (ESV)

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “bug”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.