-h
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-h/
Suffix
-h
- Marks the benefactive case: for ...'s benefit
- Marks the allative case: towards
- Marks the prolative case: by way of
- Marks the instrumental case: using; with
- Marks the adessive case: on; on top of
- Marks the temporal case: during; on
- Marks the causal case: because of
- Marks the estimative case: of about
- Marks the assertive mood: really
- (+ én or geytimé) Marks the verbal noun
- Used after the genitive case of nouns ending on a vowel, before words beginning with a vowel
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 357
Classical Nahuatl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-ʔ/
Suffix
-h
Etymology 1
- Used to form the plural of absolutive noun forms.
- Examples:
- cōconeh, plural form of conētl (“child”)
- māmazah, plural form of mazātl (“deer”)
- tēteoh, plural form of teōtl (“god”)
Usage notes
Some nouns pluralized with -h undergo the reduplication of their first or second syllable.
Synonyms
- (used to form the plural of a noun): -meh, -queh, -tin
Derived terms
- see Category:Classical Nahuatl plurals
Etymology 2
- Forms the plural of verbs. Only used for animate subjects.
- titītza (“to stretch something”) → quititītzah (“They stretch it”)
- itta (“to see something”) → quittah (“They see it”)
- tolīnia (“to bother someone, to make suffer”) → ammotolīniah (“You (plrl.) suffer, You are bothered”)
- titītza (“to stretch something”) → motitītzah (“They stretch (themselves)”)
- itta (“to see something”) → tiquittah (“We see it”)
- pāca (“to wash something”) → tlapācah (“They wash something, they wash things”)
Karelian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h/
Suffix
-h
- Used to mark the possession of the third person; his, her, their
- jalka (“leg”) → jalkah (“his/her leg, their legs”)
Derived terms
Karelian terms suffixed with -h
References
- P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, page 47
Maltese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħ/
Suffix
-h m
- Alternative form of -u (“him, it”), used after a vowel
- qatlu (“they killed”) + -h → qatluh (“they killed him”)
Related terms
- hu, huwa