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-இ

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Tamil

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Compare இயங்கு (iyaṅku, to work, to perform).

Suffix

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-இ (-i)

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

Etymology 2

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Cognate with Kannada -ಇಸು (-isu), Malayalam -ഇക്കുക (-ikkuka), Telugu -ఇంచు (-iñcu).

Suffix

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-இ (-i)

  1. forms verbs from nouns
    Example:
  2. forms verbs from loanwords
    Examples:
  3. causative suffix

Etymology 3

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Suffix

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-இ (-i)

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

Derived terms

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