-๐‘€ซ๐‘ƒ

Old Tamil

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *-may.

    Suffix

    -๐‘€ซ๐‘ƒ (-mai)

    1. forms abstract nouns.

    Derived terms

    Old Tamil terms suffixed with -๐‘€ซ๐‘ƒ
    ๐‘€…๐‘€ญ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ซ๐‘ƒ
    ๐‘€†๐‘€ก๐‘ฐ๐‘€ซ๐‘ƒ
    ๐‘€‰๐‘€๐‘ƒ๐‘€ซ๐‘ƒ
    ๐‘€ง๐‘ณ๐‘€ญ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ซ๐‘ƒ

    Descendants

    • Tamil: -เฎฎเฏˆ (-mai)
    • Malayalam: -เดฎ (-ma)

    References

    • Wilden, Eva (2018), โ€œ-๐‘€ซ๐‘ƒ [-mai]โ€, in GRAMMAR OF OLD TAMIL FOR STUDENTS 1st Editionโ€Ž[1], French Institute of Pondicherry
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