-ah

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Classical Nahuatl

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ah

  1. Turns an interrogative pronoun into an unspecified pronoun. Equivalent to "some-" in "somewhere" and "something".

Usage notes

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This suffix shortens the long vowel on all pronouns except for tleh, which it combines with irregularly.

Derived terms

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South Slavey

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ah

  1. Used to form diminutive nouns.

Usage notes

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  • Follows the possessive suffix, which is realised as a high tone on the preceding syllable:
    mbeh (knife) + ‎-ah → ‎mbehah (little knife)
    sembehé (my knife) + ‎-ah → ‎sembéhah (my little knife)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 241