-sh

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sh"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

from Proto-Albanian *-us- from Proto-Indo-European *-wes-.[1]

Suffix

-sh m

  1. used to form a secondary suffix

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 156

Manx

Alternative forms

Suffix

-sh

  1. -self (emphatic)

Usage notes

See also

Etymology

A short form of -shąʼ

Suffix

-sh

  1. interrogative particle
    Daash yinílyé? ― What is your name?
    Níísh Hastįįłtsoii yinílyé? ― Is your name Yellowman?
    Bilagáana bizaadísh dinitsʼaʼ? ― Do you speak English?
    Daʼ díísh Tó Dinéeshzheeʼgóó atiin? ― Is this the road to Kayenta?

Alternative forms

Ojibwe

Adverb

-sh

  1. Alternative form of dash
    Gii-michaa-sh i’iw wiigiwaam.
    The wigwam was big.

Usage notes

-sh is the reduced form of dash and is attached to the first word in a clause.

Suffix

-sh

  1. A suffix denoting the pejorative form of a noun that ends in a long vowel.

References

Quechua

Suffix

-sh

  1. Alternative spelling of -s
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