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Sylheti
Etymology
Derived from ꠟꠣꠉꠣ (laga). Cognate with Assamese লাগি (lagi), -অলৈ (-oloi), Bengali লাগি (lagi), লাগিয়া (lagiẏa), Hindustani لئے / लिए (lie), Maithili 𑒪𑒰𑒑𑒪 (lāgala), Nepali लाई (lāī), लागि (lāgi).
Postposition
ꠟꠣꠉꠤ • (lagi) (with genitive)
- because of, due to
- for the sake of, for the purpose of, for
ꠢꠇꠟꠦ ꠎꠦꠛꠟꠣ ꠙꠥꠠꠤꠞ ꠟꠣꠉꠤ ꠇꠣꠘ꠆ꠖꠣ-ꠇꠣꠐꠤ ꠀꠞ ꠀꠢꠣꠎꠣꠞꠤ ꠇꠞꠞꠣ (Bible in Sylheti, Luke 8:52)- hoxole zebla fuṛir lagi xanda-xaṭi ar ahazari xorra
- And all were weeping and mourning for her. (ESV)
Derived terms
References
- Gwynn, Roger (2016) “lagi”, in Londoni Sylheti dictionary, Part I : Sylheti-English, Middletown, DE: Acre Press.