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Malayalam
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *-um. Cognate with Tamil -உம் (-um).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ഉം • (-uṁ)
- and
- കടലാസ് (kaṭalāsŭ, “paper”) + -ഉം (-uṁ) + പേന (pēna, “pen”) + -ഉം (-uṁ) → കടലാസും പേനയും (kaṭalāsuṁ pēnayuṁ, “paper and pen”)
- Future tense marker,
- നടക്കുക (naṭakkuka, “to walk”) + -ഉം (-uṁ) → നടക്കും (naṭakkuṁ, “will walk”)
- Alternative form of -മ് (-mŭ, “adjective formative”)
- പാൽ (pāl, “milk”) + -ഉം (-uṁ) → പാലും വെള്ളം (pāluṁ veḷḷaṁ, “milky water”)
- inclusion, addition, also, and
കുമാരും വന്നു- kumāruṁ vannu
- Kumar also came
- (with verbal participles) concessive