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Malayalam
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Suffix
-ഇ • (-i)
- -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)
- forms verbs from nouns
- forms verbs from loanwords
- causative suffix
Etymology 3
Suffix
-ഇ • (-i)
- forms feminine words
- Synonym: -അൾ (-aḷ)
Derived terms
Etymology 4
Suffix
-ഇ • (-i)
- past tense marker
References
- Kailash Nath (2019) “-ഇ”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary