-gipa
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Garo[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix[edit]
-gipa (Principle verb suffix)
- nominalizing suffix: the one who, those who
- pi·sako chikgipa achak
- the child-biting dog, the dog who bites the child
Antonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Suffix[edit]
-gipa
- suffix for kinship terms when used as a reference, not as a term of address
- Nelsonni ma·gipa
- Nelson's mother
References[edit]
- Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon[1], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 20