S. -eg¹ suf. “diminutive/singular ending” (Category: Affix)

S. -eg¹, suf. “diminutive/singular ending” (Category: Affix)

G. -chi “dim[inutive] suffix”

G. -inci “diminutive superlative”

G. -inthir “diminutive”

References ✧ PE23/136; VT42/30

Glosses

• “diminutive/singular ending” ✧ VT42/30

Variations

• -eg ✧ PE23/136; VT42/30
• -ig ✧ VT42/30

Element In

• ᴺS. ^alfeg “cygnet, young swan”
• ᴺS. !ar(an)eg “kinglet”
• ᴺS. !luig “minute, moment”
• ᴺS. !munneg “calf”
• ᴺS. !tolpheg “spoon”
• S. atheg “[little] father; thumb”
• S. emig “[little] mother, *mommy”
• S. gwinig “little-one, baby”
• S. honeg “brother (diminutive)”
• S. lebig “little finger”
• S. lheweg “ear” ✧ PE23/136
• S. nethig “sister, girl (diminutive)”
• S. Nogotheg “Dwarflet”
• S. toleg “*sticker-up”
• S. lotheg “single flower” ✧ VT42/18

Cognates

• Q. #-incë “diminutive ending”

Derivations

• < ✶-ikā ✧ PE23/136
  • < ✶-i(n)ki “diminutive suffix”
    • < √NIK “small” ✧ VT47/26; VT48/18; VT48/18
• < ✶-i(n)ki “diminutive suffix”
  • < √NIK “small” ✧ VT47/26; VT48/18; VT48/18

Phonetic Developments

✶-ikā > -eg

[-ikā] > [-ika] > [-eka] > [-ek] > [-eg]

✧ PE23/136

N. -eg¹ suf. “diminutive/singular ending” (Category: Affix)

Reference ✧ Ety/LAS² ✧ #-eg

Element In

• N. lhewig “ear” ✧ Ety/LAS²

G. inc adj. “little” (Category: Small, Little)

References ✧ GG/16; GL/26, 31, 51, 66

Glosses

• “little” ✧ GG/16; GG/16

Variations

• inc ✧ GG/16; GG/16; GL/51; GL/26 (#inc); GL/31 (#inc); GL/66 (#inc)

Related

• inc beside inig “small” ✧ GL/51

Inflections

**idron	augmentative		✧ GG/16
incron	augmentative		✧ GG/16
inthir	diminutive	“less, smaller”	✧ GG/16

Element In

• ᴱN. elflin “cygnet, *young swan”
• G. bilin(c) “small bird, sparrow”
• G. cilobinc “robin” ✧ GL/26
• G. duilin(g) “swallow” ✧ GL/31 (duilinc)
• G. -inci “diminutive superlative” ✧ GG/16
• G. salfinc “spoon” ✧ GL/66

Derivations

• < ᴱ√INI “small”