মৌমাখি

Assamese

Alternative forms

মাখি মৌ (makhi mou) – less common

Etymology

From মৌ (mou, “honey”) +‎ মাখি (makhi, “fly”). Compare Bengali মৌমাছি (môumachi), Hindi मधुमक्खी (madhumakkhī), Gujarati મધમાખી (madhmākhī), Marathi मधमाशी (madhmāśī).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mɔʊ.makʰi], [mɔʊ.maxi]

Noun

মৌমাখি • (moumakhi)

honey bee, bee

Declension

	Indefinite forms
Inflection of মৌমাখি
absolutive	{{{abs}}} {{{abs-tr}}}
ergative	{{{erg}}} {{{erg-tr}}}
accusative	{{{acc}}} {{{acc-tr}}}
genitive	{{{gen}}} {{{gen-tr}}}
dative	{{{dat}}} {{{dat-tr}}}
instrumental	{{{ins}}} {{{ins-tr}}}
locative	{{{loc}}} {{{loc-tr}}}

	Definite forms
	singular	plural
absolutive	{{{abs-s}}} {{{abs-s-tr}}}	{{{abs-p}}} {{{abs-p-tr}}}
ergative	{{{erg-s}}} {{{erg-s-tr}}}	{{{erg-p}}} {{{erg-p-tr}}}
accusative	{{{acc-s}}} {{{acc-s-tr}}}	{{{acc-p}}} {{{acc-p-tr}}}
genitive	{{{gen-s}}} {{{gen-s-tr}}}	{{{gen-p}}} {{{gen-p-tr}}}
dative	{{{dat-s}}} {{{dat-s-tr}}}	{{{dat-p}}} {{{dat-p-tr}}}
instrumental	{{{ins-s}}} {{{ins-s-tr}}}	{{{ins-p}}} {{{ins-p-tr}}}
locative	{{{loc-s}}} {{{loc-s-tr}}}	{{{loc-p}}} {{{loc-p-tr}}}

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).