কচু

Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit कचु (kacu). Cognate with Sylheti ꠇꠌꠥ (xosu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ.su/

Noun

কচু • (kosu)

taro

Declension

Inflection of কচু

	Indefinite forms	Definite forms
		specific	not specific
		specific	informal		formal
absolutive	kosu	কচুখিনি kosukhini	কচুবোৰ kosubür	কচুবিলাক kosubilak	কচুসমূহ kosuxomuh
ergative	কচুৱে kosue	কচুখিনিয়ে kosukhinie	কচুবোৰে kosubüre	কচুবিলাকে kosubilake	কচুসমূহে kosuxomuhe
accusative	কচুক kosuk	কচুখিনিক kosukhinik	কচুবোৰক kosubürok	কচুবিলাকক kosubilakok	কচুসমূহক kosuxomuhok
genitive	কচুৰ kosur	কচুখিনিৰ kosukhinir	কচুবোৰৰ kosubüror	কচুবিলাকৰ kosubilakor	কচুসমূহৰ kosuxomuhor
dative	কচুলৈ kosuloi	কচুখিনিলৈ kosukhiniloi	কচুবোৰলৈ kosubüroloi	কচুবিলাকলৈ kosubilakoloi	কচুসমূহলৈ kosuxomuholoi
instrumental	কচুৰে kosure	কচুখিনিৰে kosukhinire	কচুবোৰেৰে kosubürere	কচুবিলাকেৰে kosubilakere	কচুসমূহেৰে kosuxomuhere
locative	কচুত kosut	কচুখিনিত kosukhinit	কচুবোৰত kosubürot	কচুবিলাকত kosubilakot	কচুসমূহত kosuxomuhot

Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Bengali

Etymology

From Sanskrit कचु (kacu).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /kɔt͡ʃu/, [ˈkɔt͡ʃuˑ]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kɔtɕu/, [ˈkɔtɕuˑ]
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Noun

কচু • (kocu)

taro

Adjective

কচু • (kocu) (comparative আরও কচু, superlative সবচেয়ে কচু)

(slang) an expression of doubt or discredit
কচু।
kocu.
ya right.