-ഇ
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See also: ഇ
Malayalam[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ഇ • (-i)
- -ator, -ed, -machine; suffix added to a verb to produce agent nouns (names of machines that corresponds to its respective root verb.)
Etymology 2[edit]
Cognate with Kannada -ಇಸು (-isu), Tamil -இ (-i), Telugu -ఇంచు (-iñcu).
Suffix[edit]
-ഇ • (-i)
- forms verbs from nouns
- forms verbs from loanwords
- causative suffix
Etymology 3[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ഇ • (-i)
- forms feminine words
- Synonym: -അൾ (-aḷ)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ഇ • (-i)
- past tense marker
Alternative forms[edit]
- (after vowels) -യി (-yi)
References[edit]
- Kailash Nath (2019) “-ഇ”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary