কৈত

Early Assamese

Alternative forms

কহিত (kohito)

Etymology

From কহিত (kohito), which is কহি (kohi, “where”) + -অত (-oto, “locative suffix”). Compare Bengali কই (koi).

Adverb

কৈত (koito)

where
হা বিধি কি কৰিলোঁ কৈক লাগি যাওঁ ।
লক্ষ্মণ সমান ভাই কৈত খুজি পাওঁ ॥
ha bidhi ki korilö̐ koiko lagi jaö̐ ,
lokṣmoṇo somano bhai koito khuji paö̐ .
Oh fortune what did I do, where do I go?
Where do I get a brother equivalent to Lakshman?

Descendants

Assamese: ক’ত (köt)

See also

যৈত (joito)
ইহাত (ihato)
তৈত (toito)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.