| Nouns SINGULAR PLURAL
Memoni nouns are either
masculine or feminine and some time have singular and plural
forms. The Memons borrow vast majorities of the nouns from
Hindustani (mixture of Urdu & Hindi) languages.
| vegetables |
bakalo (m) |
egg |
ino (m)
ina (p) |
bag |
theli (f)
thelion (p) |
man |
maru (m) |
| fruit |
phel (m) |
milk |
khir (m) |
book |
chopri (f) / kitab (f) |
woman |
bairi (f) |
| orange |
Musumbi (f)
Musumbiun |
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cup |
cup (m) |
girl |
chokery (f)
chokriou (p) |
| carrot |
gezor (m) |
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newspaper |
chapo (m) |
boy |
chokro (m)
chokraa (p) |
| okra |
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umbrella |
chatry (f)
chatrun |
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| garlic |
lasen (m) |
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watch |
garial (f)
garialun |
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| potatoes |
batato (m)
batata (p) |
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bed |
khatlo (m) |
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| onions |
dongri (f)
dongriun (p) |
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chair |
kurshi (f)
kursiun |
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mirror |
eyeno (m) |
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carpet |
galicho (m) |
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door |
dervajo (m) |
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| kurshi (a chair) |
kurshiun (chairs) |
taible (a table) |
taiblun (tables) |
building |
buildingu |
| kar |
karun |
ghadi |
dhadun |
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kurshi kurshiun
GENDER
| Masculine |
Feminine |
| akro (a one) |
akry (a one) |
| choro (boy) |
chory (girl) |
| cockro (cock) |
cokry (chicken) |
| pooter |
niary |
| Dado (grand father |
Dadey |
Pai |
Ma |
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| Nano |
Naney |
Bha |
BehaN |
salo |
saley |
| Mamo |
Mamey |
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pooter |
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| Kako |
Kakey |
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jeth |
jethani |
| Maso |
Masey |
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