-ഇ
See also: ഇ
Malayalam
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editSuffix
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
editCognate 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
editSuffix
edit-ഇ • (-i)
- forms feminine words
- Synonym: -അൾ (-aḷ)
Derived terms
editEtymology 4
editSuffix
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