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Basque
Etymology
From ume (“child”) with an expressive /k/. The noun kume (“pup, youngling”) is derived from the suffix and not the other way round.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-kume
- Forms names for the young of various animals, -ling, -let
- azeri (“fox”) + -kume → azerikume (“fox cub”)
- txerri (“pig”) + -kume → txerrikume (“piglet”)
- ahate (“duck”) + -kume → ahatekume (“duckling”)
- Forms pejorative names for the children of people who engage in socially reproachable activities.
- puta (“whore”) + -kume → putakume (“son of a bitch”)
- lapur (“thief”) + -kume → lapurkume (“son/daughter of a thief”)
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