-తనము
Appearance
Telugu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]-తనం (-tanaṁ)
Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Tamil தன்மை (taṉmai, “nature, property”) and -தனம் (-taṉam)
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-తనము • (-tanamu)
- An affix, added to many nouns and adjectives to give them an abstract or a collective force like -ness, -tion, -ment in English words.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- "తనము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 506