Assamese
editEtymology
editInherited from Early Assamese -অক (-oko), from a derivative of Sanskrit কৃ (kṛ, “to do”). Cognate with Bengali -ক (-k).
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-অক • (-ok)
- marks the accusative case for animate objects: to
- মেকুৰীটোৱে নিগনিটোক খালে। ― mekuritüe nigonitük khale. ― The cat ate the mouse.
- বাঘটোৱে তাক এঘণ্টালৈ খেদিলে। ― baghtüe tak eghontaloi khedile. ― The leopard chased him for an hour.
- marks the dative case in some cases: to
- মোৰ ভাইটিক পানী অলপ দিয়ক। ― mür bhaitik pani olop diok. ― Please give some water to my elder brother.
- (Central Assam, Kamrupi) marks the dative case2 in all cases, also marks the accusative case of animate objects.
Usage notes
editIt is -ক (-k) after vowels.
Early Assamese
editEtymology
editFrom a derivative of Sanskrit কৃ (kṛ, “to do”).
Suffix
edit-অক (-oko)
- marks the accusative case
- marks the dative case: to
- এহি মৃগ মাৰি ছাল আনি দিয়া মোক ।
অযোধ্যাক গৈয়া কথা কহিবাক হৌক ॥
এহি ছাল আনি নগৰক লৈয়া যাও ।
অন্তেষ পুৰত কথা কহিবাক পাও ॥- ehi mṛgo mari chalo ani diya möko ,
ojödhjako goiya kotha kohibako houko .
ehi chalo ani nogoroko loiya jaö ,
onteṣo puroto kotha kohibako paö . - Killing this deer give me the skin,
talk should be done going to Ayodhya.
Bringing this skin I take to the city,
then I get (the chance) to talk.
- ehi mṛgo mari chalo ani diya möko ,
Descendants
edit- Assamese: -অক (-ok)
Categories:
- Assamese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Assamese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷer-
- Assamese terms inherited from Early Assamese
- Assamese terms derived from Early Assamese
- Assamese terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Assamese terms derived from Sanskrit
- Assamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Assamese lemmas
- Assamese suffixes
- Assamese terms with usage examples
- Central Assamese
- Kamrupi Assamese
- Early Assamese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Early Assamese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷer-
- Early Assamese terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Early Assamese terms derived from Sanskrit
- Early Assamese lemmas
- Early Assamese suffixes
- Early Assamese terms with usage examples