-কৈ
Assamese
Alternative forms
- -কৰি (-kori)
- -কে (-ke) – Central Assam
Etymology
From -কৰি (-kori), from কৰি (kori) (the perfect participle of কৰ (kor) which is the verb root of কৰা (kora, “to do”)). Compare Sylheti -ꠇꠞꠤꠀ (-xoria), Bengali -করে (-kôre).
Suffix
-কৈ • (-koi)
- -ly, -ily (turns adjectives and nouns into adverbs.)
- ভাল; ভালকৈ ― bhal; bhalkoi ― Good; goodly
- বেয়া; বেয়াকৈ ― bea; beakoi ― Bad; badly
- জোৰ; তাই বহুত জোৰেকৈ কথা কয়। ― zür; tai bohut zürekoi kotha koy. ― Force; she speaks very loudly (forcely).
Derived terms
- -অতকৈ (-otkoi)