ꠛꠃ

Sylheti

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū), from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū). Compare Bengali বউ (bou).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔu/

Noun

ꠛꠃ • (bou)

1. wife

   Synonyms: ꠝꠣꠃꠉ (maug), ꠛꠤꠛꠤ (bibi)

   • ꠔꠥꠝꠤ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ ꠛꠤꠛꠤ, ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ ꠙꠥꠀꠂꠘ ꠀꠞ ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ ꠙꠥꠀꠂꠘ꠆ꠔꠞ ꠛꠃꠞꠦ ꠟꠁꠀ ꠎꠣꠎ ꠕꠣꠇꠤ ꠛꠣꠞ ꠅꠁꠀ ꠀꠅ (Bible in Sylheti, Genesis 8:16)

     tumi tumar bibi, tumar fuaino ar tumar fuaintor boure loia zaz táki bar oia ao

     Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.

Declension

Inflection of ꠛꠃ (bou)
	indefinite forms
nominative	ꠛꠃ (bou)
objective	ꠛꠃ / ꠛꠃꠞꠦ (bou (semantically general or indefinite) / boure (semantically definite))
genitive	ꠛꠃꠞ (bouor)
locative	ꠛꠃꠧ (bouo)
ergative	ꠛꠃꠦ (boue)
	definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ꠛꠃꠉꠥ (bouogu)	ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘ (bouoguin)
objective	ꠛꠃꠉꠥ / ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠞꠦ (bouogu / bouogure)	ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘ / ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞꠦ (bouoguin / bouoguinre)
genitive	ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠞ (bouogur)	ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠞ (bouoguinor)
locative	ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠔ (bouogut)	ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠧ (bouoguino)
ergative	ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠄ (bouogue)	ꠛꠃꠉꠥꠁꠘꠦ (bouoguine)