-ഇ

See also: ഇ

Malayalam

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Suffix

-ഇ • (-i)

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

Etymology 2

Cognate with Kannada -ಇಸು (-isu), Tamil -இ (-i), Telugu -ఇంచు (-iñcu).

Suffix

-ഇ • (-i)

  1. forms verbs from nouns
  2. forms verbs from loanwords
  3. causative suffix

Etymology 3

Suffix

-ഇ • (-i)

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

Derived terms

Malayalam terms suffixed with -ഇ
മഹാബലി
വേലക്കാരി
സേവി

Etymology 4

Suffix

-ഇ • (-i)

  1. past tense marker
Alternative forms
  • (after vowels) -യി (-yi)

References

  • Kailash Nath (2019) “-ഇ”, in “Olam” Kailash Nath's Malayalam → English dictionary
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