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ꠔꠤꠟ (til)

Etymology

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From Sanskrit तिल (tila).

Cognate with Bengali তিল (til), Assamese তিল (til), Odia ତିଳ (tiḷa), as well as Hindi तिल (til), Punjabi ਤਿਲ਼ (tiḷ), Sinhalese තල (tala).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ꠔꠤꠟ (til)

  1. sesame (Sesamum indicum)
  2. sesame seed
  3. moment, while
    ꠄꠇ ꠔꠤꠟ ꠀꠉꠦ, ꠄꠇ ꠔꠤꠟ ꠛꠣꠖꠦ
    ex til age, ex til bade
    a while ago, a while later

Declension

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Inflection of ꠔꠤꠟ (til)
indefinite forms
nominative ꠔꠤꠟ (til)
objective ꠔꠤꠟ / ꠔꠤꠟꠞꠦ
(til (semantically general or indefinite) / tilre (semantically definite))
genitive ꠔꠤꠟꠞ (tilor)
locative ꠔꠤꠟꠧ (tilo)
ergative ꠔꠤꠟꠦ (tile)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥ (tilogu) ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘ (tiloguin)
objective ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥ / ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥꠞꠦ (tilogu / tilogure) ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (tiloguin / tiloguinre)
genitive ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥꠞ (tilogur) ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (tiloguinor)
locative ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥꠔ (tilogut) ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (tiloguino)
ergative ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥꠄ (tilogue) ꠔꠤꠟꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (tiloguine)