फुपाज्यू

फुपाज्यू

Nepali

Alternative forms

• फुपाजु (phupāju)

Etymology

compound of फुपा (phupā) +‎ ज्यू (jyū)[1].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʰupä(d)zju]
• Phonetic Devanagari: फुपाज्यु

Noun

फुपाज्यू • (phupājyū) m

1. a father's sister's husband; an uncle

   Synonym: भिनाजु (bhināju)

Declension

Declension of फुपाज्यू
	Singular	Plural
nominative	फुपाज्यू [pʰupä(d)zju]	फुपाज्यूहरू [pʰupä(d)zjuʌɾu]
accusative	फुपाज्यूलाई [pʰupä(d)zjuläi]	फुपाज्यूहरूलाई [pʰupä(d)zjuʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	फुपाज्यूले [pʰupä(d)zjule]	फुपाज्यूहरूले [pʰupä(d)zjuʌɾule]
dative	फुपाज्यूलाई [pʰupä(d)zjuläi]	फुपाज्यूहरूलाई [pʰupä(d)zjuʌɾuläi]
ablative	फुपाज्यूबाट [pʰupä(d)zjubäʈʌ]	फुपाज्यूहरूबाट [pʰupä(d)zjuʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	फुपाज्यूको [pʰupä(d)zjuko]	फुपाज्यूहरूको [pʰupä(d)zjuʌɾuko]
locative	फुपाज्यूमा [pʰupä(d)zjumä]	फुपाज्यूहरूमा [pʰupä(d)zjuʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

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

Further reading

• “फुपाज्यू”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “फुपाज्यू”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar