πππππΌ
Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit ΰ€ΰ€ΰ₯ΰ€·ΰ₯ (ikαΉ£ΓΊ). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit πππππΌ (ikkhu).
Noun
πππππΌ (ucchu) m (Devanagari ΰ€ΰ€ΰ₯ΰ€ΰ₯, Kannada ΰ²ΰ²ΰ³ΰ²ΰ³) (Maharastri)
- sugar cane
Declension
| Maharastri declension of πππππΌ (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | πππππ½ (ucchΕ«) | πππππΌπ‘π (ucchuαΉo) or πππππ½ (ucchΕ«) or πππππ½π (ucchΕ«o) or πππππ (ucchao) or πππππ (ucchaΓΌ) |
| Accusative | πππππΌπ (ucchuαΉ) | πππππΌπ‘π (ucchuαΉo) or πππππ½ (ucchΕ«) |
| Instrumental | πππππΌπ‘πΈ (ucchuαΉΔ) | πππππ½π³πΊ (ucchΕ«hi) or πππππ½π³πΊπ (ucchΕ«hiαΉ) |
| Dative | β | β |
| Ablative | πππππ½π (ucchΕ«o) or πππππ½π (ucchΕ«u) | β |
| Genitive | πππππΌπ‘π (ucchuαΉo) or πππππΌπ²ππ² (ucchussa) | πππππ½π‘ (ucchΕ«αΉa) or πππππ½π‘π (ucchΕ«αΉaαΉ) |
| Locative | πππππΌπ«ππ«πΊ (ucchummi) | πππππ½π²πΌ (ucchΕ«su) or πππππ½π²πΌπ (ucchΕ«suαΉ) |
| Vocative | πππππΌ (ucchu) or πππππ½ (ucchΕ«) | β |
Descendants
- Konkani: Ε«Μs
- Devanagari: ΰ€ΰ€ΰ€Έ (Ε«usa)
- Kannada: ΰ²ΰ²ΰ²Έΰ³ (ΰ²ΰ²ΰ²Έΰ³)
- Latin: us
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari: ΰ€ΰ€Έ (usa)
- Modi: ππ (usa)
- Marathi: ΰ€ΰ€Έ (Ε«s)
References
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 99.
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakritβ, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 19.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969β1985), βikαΉ£ΓΊβ, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press