-ah

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ah"

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʔ/

Suffix

-ah

1. Turns an interrogative pronoun into an unspecified pronoun. Equivalent to "some-" in "somewhere" and "something".

Usage notes

This suffix shortens the long vowel on all pronouns except for tleh, which it combines with irregularly.

Derived terms

• acah
• canah
• icah
• itlah

 

South Slavey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-à(h)]

Suffix

-ah

1. Used to form diminutive nouns.

Usage notes

• Follows the possessive suffix, which is realised as a high tone on the preceding syllable:

  ‎mbeh (“knife”) + ‎-ah → ‎mbehah (“little knife”)

  ‎sembehé (“my knife”) + ‎-ah → ‎sembéhah (“my little knife”)

Derived terms

South Slavey terms suffixed with -ah

References

• Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 241