Published entry detail

xet

Canonical Roman form: xet

NOUN

Added as the first fully structured multi-dialect noun test case.

Search forms

kshetraxetam

Editorial state

PUBLISHED

Dialect forms

xetPrimary
Goan Saxtti
shet
Mangalorean Catholic

Etymology

Sanskrit

Kṣetra

Inherited agricultural-field term adapted into Romi spelling.

Inflections

plural

xetam

Plural form used for multiple fields.

oblique

xeta-

Oblique stem for inflected usage.

Senses

1. agricultural field; paddy field
standard
Standard noun for cultivated field land.
“Xetiamnim bhat pikta.”
Paddy grows in the fields.
Project sample sentence for the Goan Dalgado variant.
2. land or area designated for a specific activity
literary

Broader literary or extended sense.

Sources

This entry draws on the following source material and editorial references.

Open Konkani Wordlist
Normalized open-licensed lexical starter list.
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