কচু

Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit कचु (kacu). Cognate with Sylheti ꠇꠌꠥ (xosu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.su/

Noun

কচু • (kosu)

1. taro

Declension

Inflection of কচু

	Indefinite forms		Definite forms
			specific		not specific
					informal				formal
absolutive	কচু kosu		কচুখিনি kosukhini		কচুবোৰ kosubür		কচুবিলাক kosubilak		কচুসমূহ kosuxomuh
ergative	কচুৱে kosue		কচুখিনিয়ে kosukhinie		কচুবোৰে kosubüre		কচুবিলাকে kosubilake		কচুসমূহে kosuxomuhe
accusative	কচুক kosuk		কচুখিনিক kosukhinik		কচুবোৰক kosubürok		কচুবিলাকক kosubilakok		কচুসমূহক kosuxomuhok
genitive	কচুৰ kosur		কচুখিনিৰ kosukhinir		কচুবোৰৰ kosubüror		কচুবিলাকৰ kosubilakor		কচুসমূহৰ kosuxomuhor
dative	কচুলৈ kosuloi		কচুখিনিলৈ kosukhiniloi		কচুবোৰলৈ kosubüroloi		কচুবিলাকলৈ kosubilakoloi		কচুসমূহলৈ kosuxomuholoi
instrumental	কচুৰে kosure		কচুখিনিৰে kosukhinire		কচুবোৰেৰে kosubürere		কচুবিলাকেৰে kosubilakere		কচুসমূহেৰে kosuxomuhere
locative	কচুত kosut		কচুখিনিত kosukhinit		কচুবোৰত kosubürot		কচুবিলাকত kosubilakot		কচুসমূহত kosuxomuhot
Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Bengali

Etymology

From Sanskrit कचु (kacu).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kɔt͡ʃu/, [ˈkɔt͡ʃuˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kɔtɕu/, [ˈkɔtɕuˑ]

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Noun

কচু • (kocu)

1. taro

Adjective

কচু • (kocu) (comparative আরও কচু, superlative সবচেয়ে কচু)

1. (slang) an expression of doubt or discredit

   কচু।

   kocu.

   ya right.