ꠃꠟ
Sylheti
Etymology
Borrowed from English wool, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. Compare Assamese উণ (un) / উলসুতা (ulxuta), Bengali উল (ul) and Odia ଉଲ (ula).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ul/
Noun
ꠃꠟ • (ul)
Declension
| Inflection of ꠃꠟ (ul) | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite forms | ||
| nominative | ꠃꠟ (ul) | |
| objective | ꠃꠟ / ꠃꠟꠞꠦ (ul (semantically general or indefinite) / ulre (semantically definite)) | |
| genitive | ꠃꠟꠞ (ulor) | |
| locative | ꠃꠟꠧ (ulo) | |
| ergative | ꠃꠟꠦ (ule) | |
| definite forms | ||
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ꠃꠟꠉꠥ (ulogu) | ꠃꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘ (uloguin) |
| objective | ꠃꠟꠉꠥ / ꠃꠟꠉꠥꠞꠦ (ulogu / ulogure) | ꠃꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠃꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (uloguin / uloguinre) |
| genitive | ꠃꠟꠉꠥꠞ (ulogur) | ꠃꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (uloguinor) |
| locative | ꠃꠟꠉꠥꠔ (ulogut) | ꠃꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (uloguino) |
| ergative | ꠃꠟꠉꠥꠄ (ulogue) | ꠃꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (uloguine) |
References
- Gwynn, Roger (2016) “ul”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.