tróo three

Part of Speech num
Vernacular Form ترو
Phonetic Form tróo
Morphemic Form tráa
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form *trāyaḥ 'three' (T: 5994)
Variant Form(s) trúu (Biori)
    • three
      • Example 358:
        táa bheší tróo kaalá be táa heensíla hína.
        táa
        there.REM
        bheš
        sit.down
        -í
        -CV
        tráa
        three
        kaál
        year
        -a
        -pl
        be
        1pl.nom
        táa
        there.REM
        háans
        live
        -íl
        -pfv
        -a
        -MPL
        hin
        be.prs
        -a
        -MPL
        We settled there and stayed for three years.
        Source: A:BHB011
      • Example 722:
        taníi c̣híitr ba taníi ghooṣṭá díi taqriibán tróo čúur kuloomiṭarí dhúura de.
        taníi
        3pl.REM.gen
        c̣héetr
        field
        ba
        top
        taníi
        3pl.REM.gen
        ghoóṣṭ
        house
        -a
        -obl
        díi
        from
        taqriibán
        approximately
        tráa
        three
        čáur
        four
        kuloomiṭár
        kilometre
        -í
        -pl
        dhúura
        far.away
        de
        pst
        Their field was situated approximately 3-4 kilometres away from their home.
        Source: A:WOM468
      • Example 1086:
        hasé deesá ulṭá hasé trúu ǰinaazeé ghiní wháata xálaka.
        hasé
        REM
        deés
        day
        -a
        -obl
        ulṭá
        upside-down
        hasé
        REM
        tráa
        three
        ǰinaazá
        corpse
        -í
        -pl
        ghin
        take
        -í
        -CV
        wháat
        come.down.pfv
        -a
        -MPL
        xálak
        people
        -a
        -MPL
        This day was all upside down; [intead] people came back with three corpses.
        Source: B:AVA220
      • Example 1774:
        míi tróo ghróoma mheeríla.
        míi
        1sg.erg
        tráa
        three
        ghráam
        village
        -a
        -pl
        mhaaré
        kill
        -íl
        -pfv
        -a
        -MPL
        I killed [the people of] three villages.
        Source: A:BEZ093

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