-இ
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Tamil
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Compare இயங்கு (iyaṅku, “to work, to perform”).
Suffix
[edit]-இ • (-i)
- -ator, -ed, -machine; suffix added to a verb to produce agent nouns (names of machines that corresponds to its respective root verb.)
Etymology 2
[edit]Cognate with Kannada -ಇಸು (-isu), Malayalam -ഇക്കുക (-ikkuka), Telugu -ఇంచు (-iñcu).
Suffix
[edit]-இ • (-i)
- forms verbs from nouns
- forms verbs from loanwords
- causative suffix
Etymology 3
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-இ • (-i)
- forms feminine words
- Synonym: -அள் (-aḷ)