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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-onts.
Suffix
-ns
- -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
- A suffix denoting the diminutive of a noun ending in a long vowel
References
https://web.archive.org/web/20200209001407/http://imp.lss.wisc.edu/~jrvalent/ais301/Grammar/InflMorphology/nouns006.htm
Ottawa
Suffix
-ns
- contemptive
References
Jerry Randolph Valentine (2001) Nishnaabemwin Reference Grammar, University of Toronto, page 185