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-ഇയ

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Malayalam

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Etymology

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Compound of -ഇ (-i) +‎ -അ (-a).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ഇയ (-iya)

  1. adjective formative for words ending in a consonant or -u
    ചെറു (ceṟu, small) + ‎-ഇയ (-iya) → ‎ചെറിയ (ceṟiya, small)
    വലു (valu, big) + ‎-ഇയ (-iya) → ‎വലിയ (valiya, big)

Derived terms

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