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dutiyo
dutiya
masc nom sg of dutiya (ordin); masc nom sg of dutiya (adj); masc nom sg of dutiya (noun); fem nom pl of dutī (noun); …
- dutiya (ordin): second (2nd)
- dutiya (adj): as a companion; as a partner; lit. second person
- dutiya (masc): (gram) second consonant of each vagga; kh, ch, ṭh, th, ph; lit. second
- dutī (fem): messenger, envoy
- dutiya (masc): second man; another man; male companion; lit. second
Built from
- du — root · two
The numeral base shared across Indo-European languages (English 'two', Latin 'duo', Greek 'dyo'). The concrete sense of twoness underlies 'second'—the one that comes after the first.
- tiya — ending · ordinal suffix
Forms ordinal numerals from cardinal roots. Marks dutiya as 'the second' in sequence or 'a second/another' person.
Etymology. From du- 'two' (PIE *dwo-, cognate with English 'two', Latin 'duo', Greek 'dyo') + -tiya, an ordinal suffix forming 'the second' from the numeral base. Parallel to Sanskrit dvitīya.