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href="#Pronunciation"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Noun"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href="#Declension"><span class="tocnumber">1.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Declension</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Bengali"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Bengali</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Alternative_forms_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Alternative forms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Etymology_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Pronunciation_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Noun_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#Declension_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Declension</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Assamese">Assamese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Assamese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93#Assamese" title="লাও">লাও</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="tr Latn">laü</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#inherited" title="Appendix:Glossary">Inherited</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" class="extiw" title="w:Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a></span> <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="sa"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81#Sanskrit" title="अलाबु">অলাবু</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sa-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">alābu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assamese_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Assamese phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/lau/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Beng as-Beng headword" lang="as">লাউ</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Assamese_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Assamese transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="as-Latn" class="headword-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">lau</span>) (<i>classifier</i> <b class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B#Assamese" title="-টো">-টো</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/gourd" title="gourd">gourd</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="inflection-table vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="inflection" style="background:#FF; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #CCC;"> <tbody><tr style="background: #8DE289;"> <th class="vsToggleElement" style="text-align: left;" colspan="2">Declension of <span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><strong class="selflink">লাউ</strong></span> </th></tr> <tr class="vsShow"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">nominative </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as">লাউ / <a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%8F#Assamese" title="-এ">লাৱে</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lau / lawe</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsShow"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">genitive </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%B0#Assamese" title="-অৰ">লাৱৰ</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lawor</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">nominative </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as">লাউ / <a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%8F#Assamese" title="-এ">লাৱে</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lau / lawe</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">accusative </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as">লাউ / <a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%95#Assamese" title="-অক">লাৱক</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lau / lawok</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">dative </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%88#Assamese" title="-অলৈ">লাৱলৈ</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lawoloi</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">terminative </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87#Assamese" title="-অলৈকে">লাৱলৈকে</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lawoloike</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">instrumental </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%8F#Assamese" title="-এ">লাৱে</a> / <a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%87#Assamese" title="-এৰে">লাৱেৰে</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lawe / lawere</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">genitive </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%B0#Assamese" title="-অৰ">লাৱৰ</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lawor</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">locative </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A4#Assamese" title="-অত">লাৱত</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lawot</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th colspan="2" style="background:#8DE289">Notes </th></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <td colspan="2" style="background:#EDFAEB; text-align:left; font-size:90%; padding-left:1em"><b>Noun</b>: Assamese nouns are <a href="/wiki/indefinite" title="indefinite">indefinite</a>. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made <a href="/wiki/definite" title="definite">definite</a> by using <a href="/wiki/classifier" title="classifier">classifiers</a> and <a href="/wiki/plural" title="plural">plural</a> <a href="/wiki/suffix" title="suffix">suffixes</a> which also make them either singular and plural.<br /><b>Plural</b>: The general plural suffixes are: <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A7%B0#Assamese" title="-বোৰ">-বোৰ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-bür</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> and <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95#Assamese" title="-বিলাক">-বিলাক</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-bilak</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">less common</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span>. Others which have specific functions include <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B9#Assamese" title="-সমূহ">-সমূহ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-xomuh</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2#Assamese" title="-সকল">-সকল</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-xokol</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%81%E0%A6%A4#Assamese" title="-হঁত">-হঁত</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-hõt</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> etc.<br /><b>Nominative</b>: The <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%8F#Assamese" title="-এ">-এ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-e</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> suffix is used when the noun works as an <a href="/wiki/agent" title="agent">agent</a> and the verb is <a href="/wiki/transitive" title="transitive">transitive</a>.<br /><b>Accusative</b>: <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%95#Assamese" title="-অক">-অক</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-ok</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.<br /><b>Dative 1</b>: For direct objects <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%95#Assamese" title="-অক">-অক</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-ok</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> marks this case instead of <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%88#Assamese" title="-অলৈ">-অলৈ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-oloi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.<br /><b>Dative 2</b>: In some dialects <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%95#Assamese" title="-অক">-অক</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-ok</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> or <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A4#Assamese" title="-অত">-অত</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-ot</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> marks this case instead of <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%88#Assamese" title="-অলৈ">-অলৈ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-oloi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>.<br /><b>Terminative</b>: Vaguely <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%88#Assamese" title="-অলৈ">-অলৈ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-oloi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> can mark this case too.<br /><b>Instrumental 1</b>: <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%8F#Assamese" title="-এ">-এ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-e</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> is unemphatic and <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%87#Assamese" title="-এৰে">-এৰে</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-ere</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> is emphatic and more common.<br /><b>Instrumental 2</b>: Alternatively <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF#Assamese" title="-এদি">-এদি</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-edi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> is used instead of the default <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%87#Assamese" title="-এৰে">-এৰে</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-ere</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> in Standard Assamese.<br /><b>Locative</b>: The locative suffix is <i class="Beng as-Beng mention" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/-%E0%A6%8F#Assamese" title="-এ">-এ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">-e</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89#Assamese" title="পানীলাউ">পানীলাউ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="tr Latn">panilau</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89#Assamese" title="জাতিলাউ">জাতিলাউ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="tr Latn">zatilau</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%99%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89#Assamese" title="ৰঙালাউ">ৰঙালাউ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="tr Latn">roṅalau</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Beng as-Beng" lang="as"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="বোকালাউ (page does not exist)">বোকালাউ</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="as-Latn" class="tr Latn">bükalau</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bengali">Bengali</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Bengali"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Beng" lang="bn"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93#Bengali" title="লাও">লাও</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bn-Latn" class="tr Latn">laō</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit" class="extiw" title="w:Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a></span> <i class="Deva mention" lang="sa"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%82#Sanskrit" title="लाबू">लाबू</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sa-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">lābū</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. Compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santali_language" class="extiw" title="w:Santali language">Santali</a></span> <i class="Olck mention" lang="sat"><a href="/wiki/%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9%E1%B1%A3%E1%B1%9F#Santali" title="ᱞᱟᱹᱣᱟ">ᱞᱟᱹᱣᱟ</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sat-Latn" class="mention-tr tr Latn">lăva</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengali_dialect" class="extiw" title="w:West Bengali dialect">Rarh</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Bengali phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/lau̯/</span>, <span class="IPA">[ˈlau̯]</span> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" 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id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q9610_(ben)-Yahya-লাউ.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/LL-Q9610_%28ben%29-Yahya-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89.wav/LL-Q9610_%28ben%29-Yahya-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/LL-Q9610_%28ben%29-Yahya-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89.wav/LL-Q9610_%28ben%29-Yahya-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/LL-Q9610_%28ben%29-Yahya-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q9610_(ben)-Yahya-%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89.wav" title="File:LL-Q9610 (ben)-Yahya-লাউ.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></dd></dl></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Beng headword" lang="bn">লাউ</strong> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Bengali_transliteration" title="Wiktionary:Bengali transliteration">•</a> (<span lang="bn-Latn" class="headword-tr tr Latn" dir="ltr">lau</span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/calabash" title="calabash">calabash</a>, <a href="/wiki/gourd" title="gourd">gourd</a> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Beng" lang="bn"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81#Bengali" title="কদু">কদু</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bn-Latn" class="tr Latn">kodu</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension_2">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%89&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="inflection-table vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="inflection" style="border:solid 1px rgb(80%,80%,100%);text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#B2EDAF"> <td class="vsToggleElement" colspan="4">Inflection of <span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউ</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsShow"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">nominative </th> <td colspan="3" style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউ</span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lau</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsShow"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">objective </th> <td colspan="3" style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউ / লাউকে</span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lau <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">semantically general or indefinite</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> / lauke <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">semantically definite</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsShow"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">genitive </th> <td colspan="3" style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউর</span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">laur</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsShow"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">locative </th> <td colspan="3" style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউতে / লাউয়</span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">laute / lauẏ</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide" style="background:rgb(80%,80%,100%);"> <th style="background:#8DE289"> </th> <th colspan="3" style="background:#8DE289">Indefinite forms </th></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">nominative </th> <td colspan="3" style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউ</span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lau</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">objective </th> <td colspan="3" style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউ / লাউকে</span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lau <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">semantically general or indefinite</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> / lauke <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">semantically definite</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">genitive </th> <td colspan="3" style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউর</span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">laur</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">locative </th> <td colspan="3" style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউতে / লাউয়</span><br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">laute / lauẏ</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th colspan="4" style="background:#d0d0d0;height:.5em"> </th></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#8DE289"> </th> <th colspan="3" style="background:#8DE289">Definite forms </th></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF"> </th> <th style="background:#B9DDEF">singular </th> <th style="background:#8DE289"> </th> <th style="background:#B9DDEF">plural </th></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">nominative </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউটি , লাউটা</span> <br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lauṭi, lauṭa</span> </td> <th style="background:#8DE289"> </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউগুলি, লাউগুলা, লাউগুলো</span> <br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lauguli, laugula, laugulō</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">objective </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউটি, লাউটা</span> <br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lauṭi, lauṭa</span> </td> <th style="background:#8DE289"> </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" lang="bn">লাউগুলি, লাউগুলা, লাউগুলো</span> <br /><span style="font-size:90%; color:#888">lauguli, laugula, laugulō</span> </td></tr> <tr class="vsHide"> <th style="background:#B2EDAF">genitive </th> <td style="background:#EDFAEB"><span class="Beng" 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