Sylheti edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ꠌꠣꠛꠤ (sabi)

  1. key
    ꠌꠣꠛꠤ ꠀꠞꠣꠘꠤꠞ ꠟꠣꠉꠤ ꠔꠣꠟꠣꠉꠥ ꠜꠣꠋꠉꠤ ꠉꠦꠍꠦ꠪
    sabi aranir lagi talagu báṅgi gesé꠪
    Because the key was lost, the lock had to be broken.

Declension edit

Inflection of ꠌꠣꠛꠤ (sabi)
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)