✶-i(n)ki suf. “diminutive suffix”

✶-i(n)ki suf. “diminutive suffix”

References ✧ VT47/14, 26; VT48/18

Glosses

• “diminutive suffix” ✧ VT47/14 (-iki)
• “little” ✧ VT47/26 (-inkĭ)

Variations

• -iki ✧ VT47/14
• -inkĭ ✧ VT47/26; VT48/18
• -ikki/-iksi ✧ VT48/18
• -si/-ki ✧ VT48/18

Related

• -si/-ki are short variants of -ikki/-iksi ✧ VT48/18

Element In

• ᴺQ. !lupsë “nugget, (small) chunk, clump, tidbit”
• ᴺS. !loph “nugget, (small) chunk, clump, tidbit”
• T. attacë “father [diminutive]; *daddy”
• T. emmecë “mother [diminutive]; *mommy”
• T. hannacë “brother [diminutive]”
• T. winicë “little-one, baby”
• Q. lepincë “little finger” ✧ VT47/26 (lepinke); VT48/18 (lepinke)
• Q. #luinincë “bluish” ✧ VT48/18 (luininkĭ)
• S. honeg “brother (diminutive)” ✧ VT47/14 (honig)
• S. nethig “sister, girl (diminutive)” ✧ VT47/14
• T. netticë “sister (diminutive)” ✧ VT47/14

Derivations

• < √NIK “small” ✧ VT47/26; VT48/18; VT48/18

Derivatives

• > Q. #-incë “diminutive ending”
  • ⇒ 9 compounds
• > S. -eg¹ “diminutive/singular ending”
  • ⇒ 16 compounds