-ഇ

See also: ഇ

Malayalam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-i/

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ഇ • (-i)

1. -ator, -ed, -machine; suffix added to a verb to produce agent nouns (names of machines that corresponds to its respective root verb.)

Etymology 2

Cognate with Kannada -ಇಸು (-isu), Tamil -இ (-i), Telugu -ఇంచు (-iñcu).

Suffix

-ഇ • (-i)

1. forms verbs from nouns
2. forms verbs from loanwords
3. causative suffix

Etymology 3

Suffix

-ഇ • (-i)

1. forms feminine words

   Synonym: -അൾ (-aḷ)

Derived terms

Malayalam terms suffixed with -ഇ

Etymology 4

Suffix

-ഇ • (-i)

1. past tense marker

Alternative forms

• (after vowels) -യി (-yi)

References

• Kailash Nath (2019) “-ഇ”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary