હોવું

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati [Term?], from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀤𑀺 (hodi), 𑀪𑁄𑀤𑀺 (bhodi), from Sanskrit भवति (bhavati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰáwHati, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéwHeti. Cognate with Hindi होना (honā), Marathi होणे (hoṇe). Nepali हुनु (hunu), Punjabi ਹੋਣਾ (hoṇā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈɦo.ʋũ/

Verb

હોવું • (hovũ)

1. (transitive, copulative) to be (used to indicate that the subject and object are the same)

   તે છોકરો સારો છે

   te chokro sāro che

   that boy is good

2. (intransitive) to exist

   ત્યાં એક હરણ હતું

   tyā̃ eka haraṇ hatũ

   a deer was there

3. an auxiliary verb

   તે જમ્યો હતો

   te jamyo hato

   he has eaten

   તું કામ કરતી હતી

   tũ kām kartī hatī

   you were working

   પેલો સૂતો જ હશે

   pelo sūto ja haśe

   that guy must be sleeping (the speaker expects the subject to be sleeping)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.