-இ
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Compare இயங்கு (iyaṅku, “to work, to perform”).
Suffix
[edit]-இ • (-i)
- -ator, -er, -ed, -machine, -inator; added to a verb to produce agent nouns (names of objects/machines that correspond to its respective root verb.)
Etymology 2
[edit]Cognate with Malayalam -ഇ (-i), Telugu -ఇ (-i).
Suffix
[edit]-இ • (-i)
- forms feminine words.
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Cognate with Kannada -ಇಸು (-isu), Malayalam -ഇക്കുക (-ikkuka), Telugu -ఇంచు (-iñcu).
Suffix
[edit]-இ • (-i)
- forms causative verbs.
- forms verbs from nouns or their back-formations.
- forms verbs from loanwords.
Usage notes
[edit]- Verbs formed this way always belong to conjugation 6.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- University of Madras (1924–1936), “இ”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press