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Cornish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-he
- Forms verbs from adjectives
- berr (“short”) + -he → berrhe (“to shorten”)
- tòmm (“hot, warm”) + -he → tòmmhe (“to heat, warm”)
- yeyn (“cold”) + -he → yeynhe (“to chill”)
- unver (“agreed”) + -he → unverhe (“to agree”)
- (rare) Forms verbs from nouns
- dowr (“water”) + -he → dowrhe (“to water, irrigate”)
Usage notes
- Verbs ending in this suffix are conjugated differently from other verbs. Most notably, the stem in the subjunctive becomes -hah-. For example, glanhaho is the third-person singular conjunctive form of glanhe (“to clean”), and not *glanno.
- Additionally, all verbs ending in this suffix receive final stress.
Derived terms
Japanese
Romanization
-he
- Rōmaji transcription of へ