-ma

Europic

Etymology

Root √m.

Affix (Suffix, adjectival)

-ma

1. put

   Derived from the short-form verb me ‘to put, to place’; almost always occurs as a suffix in compounds.

Synonyms

• -mita ‘put’

Related Terms

• -me ‘to put’
• ma ‘put (standalone form)’
• mete ‘to put’

Nymeran

Pronunciation

• Nymeran Phonology: /ma/

Affix

-ma

1. -ing, -tion.
2. act of, action of.

Usage Notes

A suffix that converts a verb to a deverbal noun, e.g. kibte ‘to create’ → kibetma ‘creation’; aisaké ‘to travel’ → aisakma ‘travel, travelling’. For te-stem verbs, ⟨t⟩ is retained after the stem; for ké-stem verbs, ⟨k⟩ is retained after the stem.