কই
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Bengali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- কৈ (kōi)
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Middle Bengali কহি (kohi), from Sanskrit *कधि ~ *कहि (kadhi ~ kahi), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo-dʰi (“where”). Compare Early Assamese কহিত (kohito),
Adverb
[edit]কই • (koi)
References
[edit]- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 125.
Etymology 2
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit कवयी (kavayī), a compound of क (ka, “water”) + वय् (vay, “to go”) + -ई (-ī, nominal suffix), literally meaning "the one who goes through water";[1] the second element is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase”).
Noun
[edit]কই • (koi)
Inflection
[edit]- Animate
Inflection of কই | |||
nominative | কই kôi | ||
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objective | কইকে kôike | ||
genitive | কইর kôir | ||
Indefinite forms | |||
nominative | কই kôi | ||
objective | কইকে kôike | ||
genitive | কইর kôir | ||
Definite forms | |||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | কইটা, কইটি kôiṭa (colloquial), kôiṭi (formal) |
কইরা kôira | |
objective | কইটাকে, কইটিকে kôiṭake (colloquial), kôiṭike (formal) |
কইদের(কে) kôider(ke) | |
genitive | কইটার, কইটির kôiṭar (colloquial), kôiṭir (formal) |
কইদের kôider | |
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). |
- Inanimate
Inflection of কই | |||
nominative | কই kôi | ||
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objective | কই / কইকে kôi (semantically general or indefinite) / kôike (semantically definite) | ||
genitive | কইর kôir | ||
locative | কইতে kôite | ||
Indefinite forms | |||
nominative | কই kôi | ||
objective | কই / কইকে kôi (semantically general or indefinite) / kôike (semantically definite) | ||
genitive | কইর kôir | ||
locative | কইতে kôite | ||
Definite forms | |||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | কইটা , কইটি kôiṭa (colloquial), kôiṭi (formal) |
কইগুলা, কইগুলো kôigula (colloquial), kôigulo (formal) | |
objective | কইটা, কইটি kôiṭa (colloquial), kôiṭi (formal) |
কইগুলা, কইগুলো kôigula (colloquial), kôigulo (formal) | |
genitive | কইটার, কইটির kôiṭar (colloquial), kôiṭir (formal) |
কইগুলার, কইগুলোর kôigular (colloquial), kôigulor (formal) | |
locative | কইটাতে / কইটায়, কইটিতে kôiṭate / kôiṭay (colloquial), kôiṭite (formal) |
কইগুলাতে / কইগুলায়, কইগুলোতে kôigulate / kôigulay (colloquial), kôigulote (formal) | |
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). |
References
[edit]- ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “কবয়ী”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্লিশিং হাউস, page 439
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