-pil

See also: pil, PIL, Píl, and pił

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [-piːɬ]

Suffix

-pīl (plural -pipīl)

(appended to nouns) a diminutive suffix; forms nouns denoting smallness.

Examples
coyōtl (“a coyote”) → coyōpīl (“a small coyote”) ilama (“an elderly woman”) → ilamapīl (“a crone”) pilli (“a child”) → pilpīl (“a small child; a very young child”)

Usage notes

The suffix undergoes short-vowel reduplication when pluralized, becoming -pipīl.

pilpīl (“a small child”) → pīpilpipīl (“small children”)

Synonyms

(diminutive affixes): tepitōn, -tōn, -tzin

Antonyms

(augmentative affixes): huēyi, -pōl

Derived terms

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References

Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 194