গামোচা

Assamese

গামোচা

Etymology

It is literally গা (ga, “body”) +‎ মোছা (müsa, “to wipe, wiper”). Cognate with Kamrupia গামছা (gamsa), Sylheti ꠉꠣꠝ꠆ꠍꠣ (gamsa)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡa.mʊ.sa/

Noun

গামোচা • (gamüsa)

gamosa, traditional Assamese gamucha

Usage notes

Although গামোচা (gamüsa) literally means "body wiper", its usage in Assamese culture is not only like a towel but it's also a way of honoring. It's an important element of many festivals of Assam, including Bihu. It's used by all Assamese people, irrespective of their wealth, faith and ethnic background.

Declension

Inflection of গামোচা

	Indefinite forms	Definite forms
		numeral		non-numeral (plural)
		singular	plural	informal
absolutive	গামোচা gamüsa	গামোচাখন gamüsakhon	গামোচাকেইখন gamüsakeikhon	গামোচাবোৰ gamüsabür	গামোচাবিলাক gamüsabilak
ergative	গামোচাই gamüsai	গামোচাখনে gamüsakhone	গামোচাকেইখনে gamüsakeikhone	গামোচাবোৰে gamüsabüre	গামোচাবিলাকে gamüsabilake
accusative	গামোচাক gamüsak	গামোচাখনক gamüsakhonok	গামোচাকেইখনক gamüsakeikhonok	গামোচাবোৰক gamüsabürok	গামোচাবিলাকক gamüsabilakok
genitive	গামোচাৰ gamüsar	গামোচাখনৰ gamüsakhonor	গামোচাকেইখনৰ gamüsakeikhonor	গামোচাবোৰৰ gamüsabüror	গামোচাবিলাকৰ gamüsabilakor
dative	গামোচালৈ gamüsaloi	গামোচাখনলৈ gamüsakhonoloi	গামোচাকেইখনলৈ gamüsakeikhonoloi	গামোচাবোৰলৈ gamüsabüroloi	গামোচাবিলাকলৈ gamüsabilakoloi
terminative	গামোচালৈকে gamüsaloike	গামোচাখনলৈকে gamüsakhonoloike	গামোচাকেইখনলৈকে gamüsakeikhonoloike	গামোচাবোৰলৈকে gamüsabüroloike	গামোচাবিলাকলৈকে gamüsabilakoloike
instrumental	গামোচাৰে gamüsare	গামোচাখনেৰে gamüsakhonere	গামোচাকেইখনেৰে gamüsakeikhonere	গামোচাবোৰেৰে gamüsabürere	গামোচাবিলাকেৰে gamüsabilakere
locative	গামোচাত gamüsat	গামোচাখনত gamüsakhonot	গামোচাকেইখনত gamüsakeikhonot	গামোচাবোৰত gamüsabürot	গামোচাবিলাকত gamüsabilakot

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: For direct objects -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 1: In some dialects -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.

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