-இ

Tamil

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-ɪ/, [-i]

Etymology 1

Compare இயங்கு (iyaṅku, to work, to perform).

Suffix

-இ • (-i)

  1. -ator, -ed, -machine; suffix added to a verb to produce agent nouns (names of machines that corresponds to its respective root verb.)
    Example:

Etymology 2

Cognate with Kannada -ಇಸು (-isu), Malayalam -ഇക്കുക (-ikkuka), Telugu -ఇంచు (-iñcu).

Suffix

-இ • (-i)

  1. forms verbs from nouns
  2. forms verbs from loanwords
    Sanskrit शपति (śapati, to curse) + -இ (-i) = சபி (capi, to curse)
  3. causative suffix

Suffix

-இ • (-i)

  1. forms feminine words
    Synonym: -அள் (-aḷ)

Derived terms

Tamil terms suffixed with -இ
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