-nilh
Nivaclé
Alternative forms
- -inilh ~ -enilh
Suffix
-nilh (plural -nlhiy)
- suffix indicating the material an object is made of
- clesa (“iron wire, metal”) + -nilh → clesanilh (“iron”)
- yeclôʼ (“wood”) + -nilh → yeclônilh (“wood”)
Usage notes
- Epenthetic i or e are added before the suffix when preceded by a consonant or consonant cluster.
References
- Fabre, Alain (2016) Gramática de la lengua Nivacle (familia Mataguayo, Chaco Paraguayo) (Lincom Studies in Native American Linguistics 78) (in Spanish), Munich: Lincom, →ISBN, page 137.