মাইকী মানুহ

Assamese

Etymology

From মাইকী (maiki, “female”) +‎ মানুহ (manuh, “human”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maɪ.ki ma.nuʱ/

Noun

মাইকী মানুহ • (maiki manuh)

  1. woman, lady
    Synonyms: মহিলা (mohila), নাৰী (nari)

Usage notes

Usually মানুহজনী (manuhzoni) or মানুহগৰাকী (manuhgoraki) is used. Literally, “humanclassifier”. The highlighted words are familiar and honorific classifiers for female respectively as definite forms.

Declension

(polite):

Inflection of মাইকী মানুহ
Indefinite forms
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ergative {{{erg}}}
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accusative {{{acc}}}
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genitive {{{gen}}}
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dative {{{dat}}}
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instrumental {{{ins}}}
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locative {{{loc}}}
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Definite forms
singular plural
absolutive {{{abs-s}}}
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ergative {{{erg-s}}}
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accusative {{{acc-s}}}
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genitive {{{gen-s}}}
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dative {{{dat-s}}}
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instrumental {{{ins-s}}}
{{{ins-s-tr}}}		 {{{ins-p}}}
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locative {{{loc-s}}}
{{{loc-s-tr}}}		 {{{loc-p}}}
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Accusative Note: -ক (-k) is used for animate sense. No case marking is used for inanimate sense.
Dative Note 1: In some dialects its variant -লে (-le) is used instead.
Dative Note 2: In some dialects the locative marking -ত (-t) or the accusative marking -ক (-k) is used instead.
Instrumental Note: In some dialects -দি (-di) marks this case instead of -ৰে (-re).

See also
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