-ns

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Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *-onts.

    Suffix

    -ns

    1. -ing; ending of the present active participle

    Declension

    Third-declension participle.

    1When used purely as an adjective.

    Derived terms

    Category Latin terms suffixed with -ns not found

    See also

    Ojibwe

    Suffix

    -ns

    1. A suffix denoting the diminutive of a noun ending in a long vowel

    Alternative forms

    References

    https://web.archive.org/web/20200209001407/http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~jrvalent/ais301/Grammar/InflMorphology/nouns006.htm

    Ottawa

    Suffix

    -ns

    1. contemptive

    References

    Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 185