-sh

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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from Proto-Albanian *-us- from Proto-Indo-European *-wes-.[1]

Suffix

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-sh m

  1. used to form a secondary suffix

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 156

Manx

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Alternative forms

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Suffix

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-sh

  1. -self (emphatic)

Usage notes

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See also

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Etymology

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A short form of -shąʼ

Suffix

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-sh

  1. interrogative particle
    Daash yinílyé?What is your name?
    Níísh Hastįįłtsoii yinílyé?Is your name Yellowman?
    Bilagáana bizaadísh dinitsʼaʼ?Do you speak English?
    Daʼ díísh Tó Dinéeshzheeʼgóó atiin?Is this the road to Kayenta?

Alternative forms

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Ojibwe

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Adverb

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-sh

  1. Alternative form of dash
    Gii-michaa-sh i’iw wiigiwaam.
    The wigwam was big.

Usage notes

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-sh is the reduced form of dash and is attached to the first word in a clause.

Suffix

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-sh

  1. A suffix denoting the pejorative form of a noun that ends in a long vowel.

References

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Quechua

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Suffix

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-sh

  1. Alternative spelling of -s