-tal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tal"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɒl]
  • Rhymes: -ɒl

Etymology 1

Suffix

-tal

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun.
    ‎iszik (“to drink”) + ‎-tal → ‎ital (“beverage”)
Usage notes
  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -tal is added to back-vowel words
    -tel is added to front-vowel words
    -atal same as -tal with a linking vowel
    -etel same as -tel with a linking vowel
Derived terms
Hungarian nouns suffixed with -tal
ital
ravatal

Etymology 2

Suffix

-tal

  1. (case suffix) assimilated harmonic variant of -val/-vel (“with”)
    ‎pont (“point, dot”) + ‎-tal → ‎ponttal (“with [a] point”)

See also

  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Pipil

Etymology

Fom its root tal (“land, ground”). It's likely the suffix stems from Spanish via -al, -ar, which also indicate a place where there is abundance of something.

Suffix

-tal

  1. In nouns, indicating a place where something is grown, or where there is plenty of it.

Further reading

  • Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter. p.48
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