-తనము
Telugu
Alternative forms
-తనం (-tanaṁ)
Etymology
Cognate with Tamil தன்மை (taṉmai, “nature, property”) and -தனம் (-taṉam)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-t̪anamu/
Suffix
-తనము • (-tanamu)
- an affix, added to many nouns and adjectives to give them an abstract or a collective force like -ness, -tion, -ment in English words
Derived terms
Telugu terms suffixed with -తనము
References
- "తనము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 506