বোন্দা

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *বোন্দ (bonda, “defective”). Cognate with Kamta বোন্দা (bünda), Bodo (India) बन्दा (bonda, “male”). Compare Bengali বোদা (bōda, “evil smelling”), Odia ବୋଦା (bodā, “fat person, male goat or sheep”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bʊn.da/

Noun

বোন্দা • (bünda) (classifier -টো)

Declension

Declension of বোন্দা
nominative	বোন্দা / বোন্দাই bünda / bündai
genitive	বোন্দাৰ bündar
nominative	বোন্দা / বোন্দাই bünda / bündai
accusative	বোন্দা / বোন্দাক bünda / bündak
dative	বোন্দালৈ bündaloi
terminative	বোন্দালৈকে bündaloike
instrumental	বোন্দাই / বোন্দাৰে bündai / bündare
genitive	বোন্দাৰ bündar
locative	বোন্দাত bündat
Notes
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural. Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc. Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive. Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too. Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common. Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese. Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Bodo (India): बन्दा (bonda)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “butta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press