ꠢꠦ
Sylheti
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit *से (*se), from स (sa, third person singular pronoun) + इ (i, demonstrative), from Proto-Indo-European *só and *h₁i, respectively. Cognate with Assamese সি (xi), Bengali সে (śe), Odia ସେ (se) and Maithili 𑂮𑂵 (se).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /he˦/
Pronoun
ꠢꠦ • (he) (genitive ꠢꠦꠞ, objective ꠢꠦꠞꠦ, nominative plural ꠢꠦꠞꠣ)
- he
- 2017, Folktales in Sylheti: The Boy Who Cried Tiger, →ISBN:
- ꠉꠞꠥ ꠞꠣꠇꠣꠔ ꠉꠤꠀ ꠢꠦ ꠢꠇꠟ ꠡꠝꠄ ꠄꠇꠐꠣ ꠖꠥꠡ꠆ꠐꠣꠝꠤ ꠇꠞꠔ
- goru raxat gia he hoxol śomoe exṭa duśṭami xorto
- Upon going to the cattle pasture, he would always make mischief.
Adjective
ꠢꠦ • (he)
References
- Gwynn, Roger (2016) “he”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.