-nit

Appendix:Variations of "nit" Greenlandic Suffix kl suffix marks the ablative plural kl illu house illunit from the houses Lower Tanana Alternative forms taa -ni Etymology Equivalent to taa na'a upstream -t specific place. Pronunciation taa /nitʰ/ Directional taa directional at a place upriver at a place behind, in back Related terms References 302 taa lemmas Northern Sami Etymology From se smi-pro *-mëtēk. Pronunciation se Suffix se suffix verb-forming suffixes Forms inchoative verbs from adjectives, indicating change or increase. se buorrẹ good buorránit to become better se headju frail, weak, pitiful hēdjonit to become weaker, to decline se bastil sharp basttálmit to become sharper se ođas new ođasmit to be renewed Usage notes s The suffix can also be attached to some adjectives ending in -s or -l, in which case it takes the form se -mit. It then triggers the weak grade on the preceding syllable. Inflection -n Derived terms se