-lee

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lee"

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Suffix

-lee

Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun".
Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns.

Derived terms

Category Antigua and Barbuda Creole English terms suffixed with -lee not found

Ingrian

Alternative forms

-le

Etymology

From lee (“he/she/it would be”). Compare Russian -нибудь (-nibudʹ).

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-leː/, [-lʲeː]
(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-leː/, [-le̝ː]

Particle

-lee

Used to make indefinite pronouns from interrogative pronouns.

Derived terms

Ingrian terms suffixed with -lee