-eņa
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ena"
Latgalian
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editSuffix
edit-eņa (masculine -eņš)
- Used to form diminutives of (primarily) hard-stemmed feminine nouns.
Usage notes
edit- Triggers ablaut in the stem: o > a, a > e, ā > ie, y > i.
- Triggers palatalisation of a preceding velar consonant: k > c, g > dz.
Declension
editDeclension of -eņa (type 4 noun)
Declension of -eņa (type 5 noun)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-eņa
References
edit- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 26