ꠇꠞꠣ

Sylheti

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti

Sanskrit कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti)

Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei)

Sylheti ꠇꠞꠣ (xora)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti), from Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti), from कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- *-néwti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔɾa/

Noun

ꠇꠞꠣ • (xora)

1. segment

Verb

ꠇꠞꠣ • (xora)

1. to do

Conjugation

Impersonal of ꠇꠞꠣ

Stem	ꠇꠞꠣ xor
Gerund	ꠇꠞꠣꠣ xora
Infinitive	ꠇꠞꠣꠣ xora
Goal	ꠇꠞꠣꠣꠞ ꠟꠣꠉꠤ xorar lagi
Agentive	ꠇꠞꠣꠞꠣ ♂, ꠇꠞꠣꠞꠤ ♀ xorra ♂, xorri ♀
Converb	ꠇꠞꠣꠔꠦ xorte
Progressive participle	ꠇꠞꠣꠔꠦ ꠇꠞꠣꠔꠦ xorte xorte
Conditional participle	ꠇꠞꠣꠟꠦ xorle
Perfect participle	ꠇꠞꠣꠤꠀ xoria
Habitual participle	ꠇꠞꠣꠤ ꠇꠞꠣꠤ xori xori

Conjugation of ꠇꠞꠣ

Person	First person	Second person			Third person
		Very faml. & Inferior	Familiar	Honorific		Familiar
Singular	ꠀꠝꠤ/ꠝꠥꠁ ami/mui	ꠔꠥꠁ tui	ꠔꠥꠝꠤ tumi	ꠀꠙꠘꠦ afne	ꠔꠣꠁꠘ tain	ꠢꠦ ♂, ꠔꠣꠁ ♀ he ♂, tai ♀
Plural	ꠀꠝꠞꠣ amra	ꠔꠥꠝꠞꠣ tumra	ꠔꠥꠝꠤꠔꠣꠁꠘ tumitain	ꠀꠙꠘꠣꠞꠣ/ꠀꠙꠘꠣꠁꠘꠔꠦ afnara/afnainte	ꠔꠣꠁꠘꠔꠣꠁꠘ taintain	ꠔꠣꠞꠣ tara
Present
Imperfective	ꠇꠞꠣꠤ xori	ꠇꠞꠣꠌ xoros	ꠇꠞꠣꠧ xoro	ꠇꠞꠣꠂꠘ xoroin		ꠇꠞꠣꠦ xore
Continuous	*ꠇꠞꠣꠤꠀꠞ / *ꠇꠞꠣꠤ ꠞꠣꠝ / *ꠇꠞꠣꠤꠔ ꠞꠣꠝ *xoriar / *xori ram / *xorit ram	ꠇꠞꠣꠞꠦ / ꠇꠞꠣꠞꠦ xorre	ꠇꠞꠣꠞꠣꠄ xorrae	ꠇꠞꠣꠞꠣ xorra		ꠇꠞꠣꠦꠞ xorer
Perfective	ꠇꠞꠣꠍꠤ xorsi	ꠇꠞꠣꠍꠌ xorsos	ꠇꠞꠣꠍꠧ xorso	ꠇꠞꠣꠍꠂꠘ xorsoin		ꠇꠞꠣꠍꠦ xorse
Past
Recent	ꠇꠞꠣꠟꠣꠝ xorlam	ꠇꠞꠣꠟꠦ xorle	ꠇꠞꠣꠟꠣꠄ xorlae	ꠇꠞꠣꠟꠣ xorla		ꠇꠞꠣꠟꠧ xorlo
Distant	ꠇꠞꠣꠍ꠆ꠟꠣꠝ xorslam	ꠇꠞꠣꠍ꠆ꠟꠦ xorsle	ꠇꠞꠣꠍ꠆ꠟꠣꠄ xorslae	ꠇꠞꠣꠍ꠆ꠟꠣ xorsla		ꠇꠞꠣꠍꠤꠟ xorsil
Continuous	ꠇꠞꠣꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠣꠝ xorat aslam	ꠇꠞꠣꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠦ xorat asle	ꠇꠞꠣꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠣꠄ xorat aslae	ꠇꠞꠣꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠟꠣ xorat asla		ꠇꠞꠣꠣꠔ ꠀꠍꠤꠟ xorat asil
Future
Indicative	ꠇꠞꠣꠝꠥ xormu	ꠇꠞꠣꠛꠦ xorbe	ꠇꠞꠣꠛꠣꠄ xorbae	ꠇꠞꠣꠛꠣ xorba		ꠇꠞꠣꠛꠧ xorbo
Others
Imperative	—	ꠇꠞꠣ xor	ꠇꠞꠣꠧ xoro	ꠇꠞꠣꠃꠇꠇꠣ xoroukka		{{{imp-3}}} {{{imp-3-tr}}}
❋ Note 1: * = Dialectal
❋ Note 2: Sylheti is an ergative language. So the 3rd person nouns get the ergative suffix ꠄ (e), which is written with the vowel diacritic ꠦ (e) after a consonant.
❋ Note 3: There are many dialects of Sylheti. This is just one of those.
❋ Note 4: Click here to see other personal pronouns with grammatical cases.

References

• Gwynn, Roger (2016) “kor-”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.