Assamese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From কেতি (keti, *how many/much) (compare কেত (ket, more than one), কেত (keto, how many/much)), with -আ (-a). কেতি (keti) is from Early Assamese কেতি (keti) (whence কেতিখনে (ketikhone, when), কেতিবেৰি (ketiberi, when)). Compare Maithili কেহিযা (kehiyā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɛ.tia/
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Adverb

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কেতিয়া (ketia)

  1. when
    Synonym: (Kamrupi, Eastern) কেথেন (kethen)
    তাই কেতিয়া আহিছিল?tai ketia ahisil?When did she come?

Derived terms

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See also

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