কই
Bengali
Alternative forms
- কৈ (kōi)
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle Bengali কহি (kohi), from Sanskrit *कधि ~ *कहि (kadhi ~ kahi), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷo-dʰi (“where”). Compare Early Assamese কহিত (kohito),
References
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 125.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sanskrit कवयी (kavayī), a compound of क (ka, “water”) + वय् (vay, “to go”) + -ई (-ī, nominal suffix), literally meaning "the one who goes through water";[1] the second element is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase”).
Inflection
- Animate
| Inflection of কই | |||
| nominative | কই kôi | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| objective | কইকে kôike | ||
| genitive | কইর kôir | ||
| Indefinite forms | |||
| nominative | কই kôi | ||
| objective | কইকে kôike | ||
| genitive | কইর kôir | ||
| Definite forms | |||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | কইটা, কইটি kôiṭa (colloquial), kôiṭi (formal) |
কইরা kôira | |
| objective | কইটাকে, কইটিকে kôiṭake (colloquial), kôiṭike (formal) |
কইদের(কে) kôider(ke) | |
| genitive | কইটার, কইটির kôiṭar (colloquial), kôiṭir (formal) |
কইদের kôider | |
| Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). | |||
- Inanimate
| Inflection of কই | |||
| nominative | কই kôi | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| objective | কই / কইকে kôi (semantically general or indefinite) / kôike (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | কইর kôir | ||
| locative | কইতে kôite | ||
| Indefinite forms | |||
| nominative | কই kôi | ||
| objective | কই / কইকে kôi (semantically general or indefinite) / kôike (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | কইর kôir | ||
| locative | কইতে kôite | ||
| Definite forms | |||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | কইটা , কইটি kôiṭa (colloquial), kôiṭi (formal) |
কইগুলা, কইগুলো kôigula (colloquial), kôigulo (formal) | |
| objective | কইটা, কইটি kôiṭa (colloquial), kôiṭi (formal) |
কইগুলা, কইগুলো kôigula (colloquial), kôigulo (formal) | |
| genitive | কইটার, কইটির kôiṭar (colloquial), kôiṭir (formal) |
কইগুলার, কইগুলোর kôigular (colloquial), kôigulor (formal) | |
| locative | কইটাতে / কইটায়, কইটিতে kôiṭate / kôiṭay (colloquial), kôiṭite (formal) |
কইগুলাতে / কইগুলায়, কইগুলোতে kôigulate / kôigulay (colloquial), kôigulote (formal) | |
| Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). | |||
References
- দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1937) “কবয়ী”, in Dictionary of the Bengali Language (Self-pronouncing, Etymological & Explanatory) with Appendices (in Bengali), 2nd edition, কলিকাতা: দি ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্লিশিং হাউস, page 439
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