-ഉം

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Malayalam

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *-um. Cognate with Tamil -உம் (-um).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ഉം (-uṁ)

  1. and
    കടലാസ് (kaṭalāsŭ, paper) + ‎-ഉം (-uṁ) + ‎പേന (pēna, pen) + ‎-ഉം (-uṁ) → ‎കടലാസും പേനയും (kaṭalāsuṁ pēnayuṁ, paper and pen)
  2. Future tense marker,
    നടക്കുക (naṭakkuka, to walk) + ‎-ഉം (-uṁ) → ‎നടക്കും (naṭakkuṁ, will walk)
  3. Alternative form of -മ് (-mŭ, adjective formative)
    പാൽ (pāl, milk) + ‎-ഉം (-uṁ) → ‎പാലും വെള്ളം (pāluṁ veḷḷaṁ, milky water)
  4. inclusion, addition, also, and
    കുമാരും വന്നു
    kumāruṁ vannu
    Kumar also came
  5. (with verbal participles) concessive
    കുമാർ വന്നിട്ടും എന്നോട് മിണ്ടിയില്ല
    kumāṟ vanniṭṭuṁ ennōṭŭ miṇṭiyilla
    Although Kumar came, he didn't talk to me