Hemkosh says,
1. arubeli: a. last year as in "arubeli ahilO~" (I came last year)
b. next year when used in "xomprodan karok" (dative
case, when someone is "given" something, usually indicated in Assamese
by "loi" e.g. "bhogobanoloi dan dilO~" [I am giving this to God]).
Usage: Arubeliloi akOu ahim (I will come again next year).
2. TeOjbeli: the year before last.
Jugal Kalita
-----Original Message-----
From: Rajen Barua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ajoy Hazarika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Alpana B. Sarangapani
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[email protected]; Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:45:48 -0500
Subject: Re: [Assam] my introduction WORD
SORRY FOR THE WRONG SPELLING
TEUJBELI MEANS THE YEAR BEFORE LAST YEAR.
I THINK ARUBELI MEANS LASY YEAR, ISN'T IT? OR IS IT THE COMING YEAR?
WHAT ABOUT THE WORD HORDOM ?
I thinik our journaluist new comer friend is 'bhoyote touba touba
khaise'.
RAJEN
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From: Chan Mahanta
To: Rajen Barua ; Ajoy Hazarika ; Alpana B. Sarangapani ;
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Chan Mahanta
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Assam] my introduction
R:
I have never come across this word : TEUHBELI
What is its meaning? Is an antonym of aarubeli?
c
At 12:55 PM -0500 8/17/05, Rajen Barua wrote:
And what about TEUHBELI? R/
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Alpana B. Sarangapani ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ;
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17, 2005 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] my introduction
Pise' aarubeli ki kal hobo he Ajoy?
s
At 9:21 AM -0700 8/17/05, Ajoy Hazarika wrote:
You are right. "kahanibai" is a past tense.
adh
"Alpana B. Sarangapani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Though my roots are from Dibrugarh/Sibsagar and I grew up in Guwahati
with the upper-Assamese words like, Randhoni-ghor, (instead of
Paak-ghor), Pitek (instead of Putek/son), etc., I have been fondly
called a 'dhekeri' by my cousins from Nowgong.
I find more lower-Assamese words in literature (oh come on, I read
some literary books in Assamese too!) than the upper-Assamese words.
Also, as Barua mentioned 'Kahanikoi', it reminds me this - I was
always under the impression that 'Kahanibai' is a word used in past
tense - like, 'Xi kahanibai golgoi'. Well, we learn something everyday,
don't we?
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From: "Rajen Barua" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dilip/Dil Deka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "utpal borpujari"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Assam] my introduction
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:35:05 -0500
If you want to know the Geographical
boundary of Upper Assam and Lower Assam, generally a vertical line drawn
from Biswanath Chariali in North Bank may be said to the demarkation.
This
line will probably go through somewhere in Xilghat on south bank. The
British
used to have Soki (post) at this location when they divided Assam into
Upper
Assam and Lower Assam and gave (temporarily) Upper Assam to Purandar
Singha at
an annual revenue of Rs 50000 whci eventually the king dafaulted and
the British
took back Upper Assam into their own hands.
However, one can use
the linguistic test also to diffrentiate an Upper Assamese. I have
found that
normally an Upper Assamese use certain words and phrases which a Lower
Assamese
doesnot and vice versa.
You can try the folloiwng words which
probably a lower Assamese doesnot use:
TAKETW = Normally an Upper Assamese use
when responding to one in a positive manner.
KAHANIKOI = meaning which day. TUMI
KAHANIKOI JABA?
In fact I remember, Mr Abani Hazarika (the
cricket player) used to tease and laugh at me whenever I use the word
'kahanikoi'. That is how I remember that probably in lower Assam, they
donot use
the word.
Similarly there are many such terms which a
Lower Assamese use which an Upper Assamese does not use. May be someone
will
come up with some such words.
Rajen Barua
.
----- Original Message -----
From:
Dilip/Dil
Deka
To: utpal borpujari ; [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:22
AM
Subject: Re: [Assam] my
introduction
Welcome to the group, Utpal.
I have a few questions for you - well actually for many others in this
net.
Where exactly is Upper Assam? Being from Upper Assam - does it connote
an
ethnical difference from the people in Guwahati? Or is it a cultural
difference? Was it a cultural shock for you when your family moved to
Guwahati
(in Lower Assam?) from Upper Assam? What was the compelling reason that
forced your family to settle in crowded Guwahati?
I have always wondered why everyone in Assam wants to buy a plot of
land
in Guwahati after retirement and become a Guwahatian.
Dilip Deka
Houston, TX
utpal borpujari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hi everybody. Am a new entrant to the group. Thought would introduce
myself, and hope to interact with all on issues concerning Assam
(Asam/Axam/Axom?) I am a journalist based in Delhi. Have been in the
profession for about 12 years. Started out with The Sentinel in
Guwahati in
1993, moved to PTI in Delhi in 1995 and since last four years been
working
with the Delhi News Bureau of Bangalore-based English daily Deccan
Herald.
If you ask about my origins: I am from Guwahati (settled there since
1978
though we are from Upper Assam originally). - Utpal Borpujari
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