hemanta

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hè̞ꜛmántá]

Pronoun

hemanta (Kana spelling ヘマンタ)

1. (interrogative) what

Synonyms

• nep

Derived terms

• hemanta gusu (“why”)

See also

Ainu interrogative pronouns

Personal			Qualitative	Quantitative	Temporal	Spacial
what?	who?	which?	what kind of? how?	how many?	when?	where?
hemanta, nep	hunna, nen	inan	mak, makanak, nekon	henpak	henpara	hunak

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀳𑁂𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• हेमन्त (Devanagari script)
• হেমন্ত (Bengali script)
• හෙමන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• ဟေမန္တ or ႁေမၼ္တ or ႁေမၼ်တ (Burmese script)
• เหมนฺต or เหมันตะ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩮᨾᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຫມນ຺ຕ or ເຫມັນຕະ (Lao script)
• ហេមន្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄬𑄟𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit हेमन्त (hemanta).

Noun

hemanta m

1. winter

Declension

Declension table of "hemanta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	hemanto	hemantā
Accusative (second)	hemantaṃ	hemante
Instrumental (third)	hemantena	hemantehi or hemantebhi
Dative (fourth)	hemantassa or hemantāya or hemantatthaṃ	hemantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	hemantasmā or hemantamhā or hemantā	hemantehi or hemantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	hemantassa	hemantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	hemantasmiṃ or hemantamhi or hemante	hemantesu
Vocative (calling)	hemanta	hemantā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဟေမန္တ (hemanta.), ဟေမန် (heman) (learned)
• → Khmer: ហេមន្ត (heemɑn) (learned)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “hemanta”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead