মাউত

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Assamese মাহুত (mahuto), from Sanskrit মহামাত্ৰ (mahāmātra, “elephant keeper; high official; king’s minister”), from মহা (mahā, “great”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + মাত্ৰ (mātra, “measure; quantity”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maut/

Noun

মাউত • (maut) (classifier -গৰাকী)

mahout

Declension

Declension of মাউত
nominative	মাউত / মাউতে maut / maute
genitive	মাউতৰ mautor
nominative	মাউত / মাউতে maut / maute
accusative	মাউত / মাউতক maut / mautok
dative	মাউতলৈ mautoloi
terminative	মাউতলৈকে mautoloike
instrumental	মাউতে / মাউতেৰে maute / mautere
genitive	মাউতৰ mautor
locative	মাউতত mautot
Notes
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural. Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc. Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive. Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too. Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common. Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese. Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.

References

“মাউত”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.