-ᰠᰦ

Lepcha

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ᰠᰦ (-sá)

  1. Genitive suffix; placed between possessor and the possessed entity
  2. Instrumental suffix; marks the means by which an action was done

Usage notes

  • Possessors precede their possessed nouns in Lepcha.
  • Plasier labels the instrumental sense as "comitative", but the vast majority of her examples are instrumental.

Further reading

  • Tamsang, Aathing K. P. (2009), The Lepcha-English Encyclopaedic Dictionary, second edition, page 856
  • Plaisier, Heleen (2007), A grammar of Lepcha (Tibetan studies library: Languages of the greater Himalayan region)‎[1], volume 5, BRILL, →ISBN, pages 82-83