-nilh

Nivaclé

Alternative forms

• -inilh ~ -enilh

Suffix

-nilh (plural -nlhiy)

1. suffix indicating the material an object is made of

   ‎clesa (“iron wire, metal”) + ‎-nilh → ‎clesanilh (“iron”)

   ‎yeclôʼ (“wood”) + ‎-nilh → ‎yeclônilh (“wood”)

Usage notes

• Epenthetic i or e are added before the suffix when preceded by a consonant or consonant cluster.

References

• Fabre, Alain (2016) Gramática de la lengua Nivacle (familia Mataguayo, Chaco Paraguayo) (Lincom Studies in Native American Linguistics 78) (in Spanish), Munich: Lincom, →ISBN, page 137.