ꠟꠣꠉꠤ

Sylheti

Etymology

Derived from ꠟꠣꠉꠣ (laga). Cognate with Bengali লাগি (lagi), লাগিয়া (lagiẏa), Assamese লাগি (lagi), -অলৈ (-oloi), Maithili 𑒪𑒰𑒑𑒪 (lāgala), Nepali लाई (lāī), लागि (lāgi), Hindustani لئے / लिए (lie).

Postposition

ꠟꠣꠉꠤ • (lagi) (with genitive)

1. because of, due to
2. for the sake of, for the purpose of, for
   • ꠢꠇꠟꠦ ꠎꠦꠛꠟꠣ ꠙꠥꠠꠤꠞ ꠟꠣꠉꠤ ꠇꠣꠘ꠆ꠖꠣ-ꠇꠣꠐꠤ ꠀꠞ ꠀꠢꠣꠎꠣꠞꠤ ꠇꠞꠞꠣ (Bible in Sylheti, Luke 8:52)

     hoxole zebla fuṛir lagi xanda-xaṭi ar ahazari xorra

     And all were weeping and mourning for her. (ESV)

Derived terms

• ꠁꠟꠣꠉꠤ (ilagi)
• ꠇꠤꠔꠣꠞ ꠟꠣꠉꠤ (kitar lagi)
• ꠇꠤꠟ꠆ꠟꠣꠉꠤ (killagi)
• ꠇꠤꠟꠣꠉꠤ (kilagi)

 

References

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