ꠚꠥꠍꠣ

Sylheti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fúsá/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रोञ्छति (proñchati). Cognate with Assamese পোঁছ্ (pü̃s), Bengali পোঁছা (pō̃cha), Odia ପାଚିବା (pācibā).

Verb

ꠚꠥꠍꠣ • (fúsá)

  1. wipe
  2. erase
    • 2016, Bible in Sylheti, ꠍꠣꠢꠣꠛꠤ ꠘꠣꠝꠣ [Acts] 3:23:
      ꠎꠣꠔꠦ ꠀꠙꠘꠣꠁꠘ꠆ꠔꠞ ꠉꠥꠘꠣ ꠅꠇꠟ ꠚꠥꠍꠤꠀ ꠍꠣꠚ ꠇꠞꠣ ꠅꠄ
      zate afnaintor guna oxol fúsía saf xora oe
      that your sins may be blotted out (ESV)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀤𑀺 (pucchadi), from Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛcchati). Cognate with Assamese পোছ (püs), Bengali পুছা (pucha), Hindi पूछना (pūchnā).

Verb

ꠚꠥꠍꠣ • (fúsá)

  1. ask

References

  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “fuc-%20¹”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.
  • Gwynn, Roger (2016) “fuc-%20²”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.