মেঠোন

Assamese

মতা মেঠোন

mota methün

a male gaur

Alternative forms

মেঠন (methon)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Assamese মেঠোন (methün), মেঠন (methon), from Early Assamese মেঠন (meṭhono), perhaps borrowed from an Austroasiatic language, closely related to Khasi. Cognate with Khasi mythen, mythùn.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛ.tʰʊn/

Noun

মেঠোন • (methün)

gaur, Indian bison (Bos gaurus); mithun, gayal (Bos frontalis)
Synonym: (wild) বন-গৰু (bon-goru)

Declension

Inflection of মেঠোন

	Indefinite forms	Definite forms
		numeral				non-numeral (plural)
		singular		plural		informal
		♂	♀	♂	♀	informal
absolutive	মেঠোন methün	মেঠোনটো methüntü	মেঠোনজনী methünzoni	মেঠোনকেইটা methünkeita	মেঠোনকেইজনী methünkeizoni	মেঠোনবোৰ methünbür	মেঠোনবিলাক methünbilak
ergative	মেঠোনে methüne	মেঠোনটোৱে methüntüe	মেঠোনজনীয়ে methünzonie	মেঠোনকেইটাই methünkeitai	মেঠোনকেইজনীয়ে methünkeizonie	মেঠোনবোৰে methünbüre	মেঠোনবিলাকে methünbilake
accusative	মেঠোনক methünok	মেঠোনটোক methüntük	মেঠোনজনীক methünzonik	মেঠোনকেইটাক methünkeizonik	মেঠোনকেইজনীক methünkeizonik	মেঠোনবোৰক methünbürok	মেঠোনবিলাকক methünbilakok
genitive	মেঠোনৰ methünor	মেঠোনটোৰ methüntür	মেঠোনজনীৰ methünzonir	মেঠোনকেইটাৰ methünkeitar	মেঠোনকেইজনীৰ methünkeizonir	মেঠোনবোৰৰ methünbüror	মেঠোনবিলাকৰ methünbilakor
dative	মেঠোনলৈ methünoloi	মেঠোনটোলৈ methüntüloi	মেঠোনজনীলৈ methünzoniloi	মেঠোনকেইটালৈ methünkeitaloi	মেঠোনকেইজনীলৈ methünkeizoniloi	মেঠোনবোৰলৈ methünbüroloi	মেঠোনবিলাকলৈ methünbilakoloi
instrumental	মেঠোনেৰে methünere	মেঠোনটোৰে methüntüre	মেঠোনজনীৰে methünzonire	মেঠোনকেইটাৰে methünkeitare	মেঠোনকেইজনীৰে methünkeizonire	মেঠোনবোৰেৰে methünbürere	মেঠোনবিলাকেৰে methünbilakere
locative	মেঠোনত methünot	মেঠোনটোত methüntüt	মেঠোনজনীত methünzonit	মেঠোনকেইটাত methünkeitat	মেঠোনকেইজনীত methünkeizonit	মেঠোনবোৰত methünbürot	মেঠোনবিলাকত methünbilakot

Classifier Note: The classifier -টো (-tü) and its plural variant -টা (-ta) can be used for both male and female. Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense. No case marking is used for inanimate sense. Dative Note 1: In some dialects -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) is used instead. Dative Note 2: Sometimes -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অত (-ot) or -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note: In some dialects -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere).

Derived terms

মেঠনীয়া (methonia)

Descendants

English: mithun
Hindi: मिथुन (mithun)

Middle Assamese

Alternative forms

মেঠন (methon)

Etymology

From Early Assamese মেঠন (meṭhono), perhaps borrowed from an Austroasiatic language, closely related to Khasi. Cognate with Khasi mythen, mythun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mɛ.tʰʊn/

Noun

মেঠোন (methün)

gaur, Indian bison (Bos gaurus); mithun, gayal (Bos frontalis)
মঞিঁ যদি ৰজা হলো হতেন চাগ খোৱাক চাগ মহ খোৱাক মহ মেঠোন খোৱাক মেঠন এইৰুপে দিলো হতেন
moñĩ zodi roza holü hoten sag khüak sag moh khüak moh methün khüak methon eirupe dilü hoten
If I were a king, I'd give buffaloes to buffalo eaters, gaurs to gaur eaters, in this way.

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