-tlan
Classical Nahuatl
editEtymology 1
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Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-tlan
Synonyms
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editEtymology 2
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Suffix
edit-tlān
- (added to nouns) A locative suffix meaning "place of."
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editHungarian
editEtymology
editDerived as a shortening of -talan (“-less, without”).[1]
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-tlan (comparative -tlanabb, superlative leg- -tlanabb)
- (adjective-forming suffix) -less, un-, dis- (a privative suffix added to a noun to form an adjective with a meaning of lacking something)
Usage notes
edit- (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
- -talan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -telen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -tlan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
- -tlen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -atlan is added to back-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- -etlen is added to front-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
- Using two different suffix variants with the same stem may result in different meanings:
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | -tlan | -tlanok |
accusative | -tlant | -tlanokat |
dative | -tlannak | -tlanoknak |
instrumental | -tlannal | -tlanokkal |
causal-final | -tlanért | -tlanokért |
translative | -tlanná | -tlanokká |
terminative | -tlanig | -tlanokig |
essive-formal | -tlanként | -tlanokként |
essive-modal | -tlanul | -tlanokul |
inessive | -tlanban | -tlanokban |
superessive | -tlanon | -tlanokon |
adessive | -tlannál | -tlanoknál |
illative | -tlanba | -tlanokba |
sublative | -tlanra | -tlanokra |
allative | -tlanhoz | -tlanokhoz |
elative | -tlanból | -tlanokból |
delative | -tlanról | -tlanokról |
ablative | -tlantól | -tlanoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
-tlané | -tlanoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
-tlanéi | -tlanokéi |
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ -tlan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)