गाँठो

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani गाँठ (gā̃ṭh) / گَان٘ٹْھ (gā̃ṭh)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡä̃ʈʰo]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गाँठो

Noun

गाँठो • (gā̃ṭho)

1. knot, joint

Declension

Declension of गाँठो
	Singular	Plural
nominative	गाँठो [ɡä̃ʈʰo]	गाँठोहरू [ɡä̃ʈʰoɦʌɾu]
accusative	गाँठोलाई [ɡä̃ʈʰoläi]	गाँठोहरूलाई [ɡä̃ʈʰoɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	गाँठोले [ɡä̃ʈʰole]	गाँठोहरूले [ɡä̃ʈʰoɦʌɾule]
dative	गाँठोलाई [ɡä̃ʈʰoläi]	गाँठोहरूलाई [ɡä̃ʈʰoɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	गाँठोबाट [ɡä̃ʈʰobäʈʌ]	गाँठोहरूबाट [ɡä̃ʈʰoɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	गाँठोको [ɡä̃ʈʰoko]	गाँठोहरूको [ɡä̃ʈʰoɦʌɾuko]
locative	गाँठोमा [ɡä̃ʈʰomä]	गाँठोहरूमा [ɡä̃ʈʰoɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “गाँठो”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner