ꠛꠃ

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Sylheti

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū), from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū). Compare Bengali বউ (bou).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ꠛꠃ (bou)

  1. wife
    Synonyms: ꠝꠣꠃꠉ (maug), ꠛꠤꠛꠤ (bibi)
    • ꠔꠥꠝꠤ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ ꠛꠤꠛꠤ, ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ ꠙꠥꠀꠂꠘ ꠀꠞ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ ꠙꠥꠀꠂꠘ꠆ꠔꠞ ꠛꠃꠞꠦ ꠟꠁꠀ ꠎꠣꠎ ꠕꠣꠇꠤ ꠛꠣꠞ ꠅꠁꠀ ꠀꠅ (Bible in Sylheti, Genesis 8:16)
      tumi tumar bibi, tumar fuaino ar tumar fuaintor boure loia zaz táki bar oia ao
      Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Declension

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Inflection of ꠛꠃ (bou)
indefinite forms
nominative ꠛꠃ (bou)
objective ꠛꠃ / ꠛꠃꠞꠦ
(bou (semantically general or indefinite) / boure (semantically definite))
genitive ꠛꠃꠞ (bouor)
locative ꠛꠃꠧ (bouo)
ergative ꠛꠃꠦ (boue)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ꠛꠃꠉꠥ (bouogu) ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘ (bouoguin)
objective ꠛꠃꠉꠥ / ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠞꠦ (bouogu / bouogure) ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (bouoguin / bouoguinre)
genitive ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠞ (bouogur) ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (bouoguinor)
locative ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠔ (bouogut) ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (bouoguino)
ergative ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠄ (bouogue) ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (bouoguine)