-'ĩ

• -ĩ (after consonants).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔĩ/
• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: 'ĩ

-'ĩ

1. forms the diminutive of nouns; -ie; -y; -ling; -let
   1. indicates smallness in size
   2. indicates smallness in quantity
   3. indicates uniqueness or loneliness

      — Mobype abá remirekóne?
      — Oîepe'ĩ.

      — How many spouses shall a man have?
      — Only one.

2. indicates approximation or imprecision of adjectives; -ish

   Turusu'ĩ.

   He is biggish.

3. indicates the action of making something smaller or thinner

   Amopo'i'ĩ.

   I thinned it very thinly.

4. indicates the action is done without purpose, intention or wanting someting in return

   Aîmonhangĩ nhẽ.

   I've done it because reasons.

The glottal stop is dropped when the suffix follows a consonant, becoming -ĩ.

• Nheengatu: -ĩ, -i

• mirĩ

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “-'ĩ”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 250, columns 1–2