ᱵᱤᱨ

Santali

Etymology

From Proto-Munda, from Proto-Austroasiatic. Cognate with Khmer ព្រៃ (prɨy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bir]

Noun

ᱵᱤᱨ • (bir)

1. forest

Declension

Declension of ᱵᱤᱨ

		singular	dual	plural
nominative		ᱵᱤᱨ (bir)	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱ (birkin)	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚ (birko)
genitive	animate possessed	ᱵᱤᱨᱨᱮᱱ (birren)	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱨᱮᱱ (birkinren)	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱨᱮᱱ (birkoren)
	inanimate possessed	ᱵᱤᱨᱟᱜ (birak'), ᱵᱤᱨᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ (birreyak')	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱟᱜ (birkinak'), ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ (birkinreyak')	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱟᱜ (birkoak'), ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ (birkoreyak')
comitative		ᱵᱤᱨᱴᱷᱮᱱ (birṭhen), ᱵᱤᱨᱴᱷᱮᱡ (birṭhec')	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱴᱷᱮᱱ (birkinṭhen), ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱴᱷᱮᱡ (birkinṭhec')	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱴᱷᱮᱱ (birkoṭhen), ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱴᱷᱮᱡ (birkoṭhec')
instrumental-locative		ᱵᱤᱨᱛᱮ (birte)	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱛᱮ (birkinte)	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱛᱮ (birkote)
sociative		ᱵᱤᱨᱥᱟᱶ (birsaw̃)	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱥᱟᱶ (birkinsaw̃)	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱥᱟᱶ (birkosaw̃)
allative		ᱵᱤᱨᱥᱮᱱ (birsen), ᱵᱤᱨᱥᱮᱡ (birsec')	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱥᱮᱱ (birkinsen), ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱥᱮᱡ (birkinsec')	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱥᱮᱱ (birkosen), ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱥᱮᱡ (birkosec')
ablative		ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱷᱚᱱ (birkhon), ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱷᱚᱡ (birkhoc')	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱠᱷᱚᱱ (birkinkhon), ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱠᱷᱚᱡ (birkinkhoc')	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱠᱷᱚᱱ (birkokhon), ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱠᱷᱚᱡ (birkokhoc')
locative		ᱵᱤᱨᱨᱮ (birre)	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱤᱱᱨᱮ (birkinre)	ᱵᱤᱨᱠᱚᱨᱮ (birkore)

References

• A. Campbell (1899) “ᱵᱤᱨ”, in A Santali-English Dictionary‎^[1], Pokhuria, West Bengal: Santal Mission Press, page 70