ꠢꠣꠙ
Sylheti
[edit]
Alternative forms
[edit]- ꠢꠣꠚ (hafó)
Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa). Cognate with Assamese সাপ (xap), Bengali সাপ (śap), Chakma 𑄥𑄛𑄴 (sāp), Rohingya háf.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ꠢꠣꠙ • (haf)
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of ꠢꠣꠙ (haf) | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite forms | ||
| nominative | ꠢꠣꠙ (haf) | |
| objective | ꠢꠣꠙ / ꠢꠣꠙꠞꠦ (haf (semantically general or indefinite) / hafre (semantically definite)) | |
| genitive | ꠢꠣꠙꠞ (hafor) | |
| locative | ꠢꠣꠙꠧ (hafo) | |
| ergative | ꠢꠣꠙꠦ (hafe) | |
| definite forms | ||
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥ (hafogu) | ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘ (hafoguin) |
| objective | ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥ / ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠞꠦ (hafogu / hafogure) | ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (hafoguin / hafoguinre) |
| genitive | ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠞ (hafogur) | ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (hafoguinor) |
| locative | ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠔ (hafogut) | ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (hafoguino) |
| ergative | ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠄ (hafogue) | ꠢꠣꠙꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (hafoguine) |
References
[edit]- Gwynn, Roger (2016) “haf_¹”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.