ꠇꠕꠣ

Sylheti

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कथा (kathā, “conversation, speech”). Cognate with Assamese কথা (kotha), Bengali কথা (kathā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔt̪á/

Noun

ꠇꠕꠣ • (xotá)

1. word, speech, utterance, statement
2. talk, conversation, discourse
3. topic
4. saying
5. story, tale
6. promise

Related terms

• ꠝꠣꠔ (mat)
• ꠛꠥꠟꠤ (buli)
• ꠜꠣꠡꠣ (báśa)

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “koŧa_¹”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.