-ike
Appearance
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From -i (diminutive suffix) + -ke (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ike
- (diminutive suffix) Added to a noun to express smallness, youth, or endearment.
Usage notes
[edit]- (diminutive suffix) Variants:
- -ika is added to back-vowel words
- -ike is added to front-vowel words
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- -ike in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ike
- Alternative form of -y
Etymology 2
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ike
- Alternative form of -ik