ꠌꠣꠛꠤ

ꠌꠣꠛꠤ

Sylheti

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese chave, from Latin clavis. Compare Assamese চাবি (sabi), Bengali চাবি (cabi), Marathi चावी (cāvī), Hindi चाबी (cābī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sabi/

Noun

ꠌꠣꠛꠤ • (sabi)

1. key

   ‌ꠌꠣꠛꠤ ꠀꠞꠣꠘꠤꠞ ꠟꠣꠉꠤ ꠔꠣꠟꠣꠅꠉꠥ ꠜꠣꠋꠉꠤ ꠉꠦꠍꠦ꠪

   ‌sabi aranir lagi talaogu banggi gese.

   Because the key was lost, the lock had to be broken.

Declension

Inflection of ꠌꠣꠛꠤ
	indefinite forms
nominative	ꠌꠣꠛꠤ (sabi)
objective	ꠌꠣꠛꠤ / ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠞꠦ (sabi (semantically general or indefinite) / sabire (semantically definite))
genitive	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠞ (sabir)
locative	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠔ (sabit)
ergative	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠄ (sabie)
	definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥ (sabiogu)	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘ (sabioguin)
objective	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥ / ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥꠞꠦ (sabiogu / sabiogure)	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (sabioguin / sabioguinre)
genitive	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥꠞ (sabiogur)	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (sabioguinor)
locative	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥꠔ (sabiogut)	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (sabioguino)
ergative	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥꠄ (sabiogue)	ꠌꠣꠛꠤꠅꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (sabioguine)