-இ
Tamil edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compare இயங்கு (iyaṅku, “to work, to perform”).
Suffix edit
-இ • (-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), Malayalam -ഇക്കുക (-ikkuka), Telugu -ఇంచు (-iñcu).
Suffix edit
-இ • (-i)
- forms verbs from nouns
- forms verbs from loanwords
- causative suffix
Etymology 3 edit
Suffix edit
-இ • (-i)
- forms feminine words
- Synonym: -அள் (-aḷ)