-வி

• IPA^(key): /ʋɪ/, [ʋi]

-வி • (-vi)

1. an ending of verbal nouns.

   ‎கல் (kal, “to study”) + ‎-வி (-vi) → ‎கல்வி (kalvi, “studying, education”)

2. an ending of causative verbs.

   ‎அறி (aṟi, “to know”) + ‎-வி (-vi) → ‎அறிவி (aṟivi, “to announce, inform”)

• (forms causative verbs): -இ (-i), -பி (-pi), -த்து (-ttu)

• University of Madras (1924–1936), “வி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press