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-ák Appendix:Variations of "ak" Abenaki Etymology From abe alg-pro *-aki. Suffix abe suffix A suffix used to form the plurals of animate words. abe sips bird → abe sipsak birds abe wôbigo he is white → abe wôbigoak they are white Usage notes -ak is the most common suffix used to form the plurals of animate words. It is often used to form the plurals of words ending in letters other than the semivowel w or the vowel a; it is sometimes used to form the plurals of words ending in w; it is almost never used to form the plurals of words ending in a. The other suffixes used to form the plurals of animate words are: -ik, often used to form the plurals of words (especially nouns denoting people who have particular occupations or activities) which end in the consonant d or t (which causes the d or t to mutate into j: nodabônkad, "baker" → nodabônkajik, "bakers"); only rarely used to form the plurals of words ending in other letters (nodkwaag, notkwahag, "pilot" → nodkwaagik, notkwahagik, "pilots"), -ok, used to form the plurals of many words ending in w (which it may suppress), and of some other words (which likely ended in w at an earlier stage of the language), -k, used to form the plurals of almost all words that end in a, and of some words that end in other vowels or in the semivowel w; not used to form the plurals of words ending in consonants. The suffixes used to form the plurals of inanimate words are: -al, the most common suffix used to form the plurals of inanimate words (paskhigan, "gun" → paskhiganal, "guns"), including most body parts and some words ending in the vowel a, -il, used to form the plurals of some words ending in the consonant g or k; only rarely used to form the plurals of words ending in other letters, -ol, used to form the plurals of some words ending in the semivowel w (which it suppresses) or other consonants (which likely ended in w at an earlier stage of the language), -l, used to form the plurals of many words ending in vowels, including the semivowel w; not used to form the plurals of words ending in consonants. References 203 abe 1994 Gordon M. Day Western Abenaki Dictionary 1&2 Basque Etymology 1 eu. As the oblique plural forms include the vowel eu -e-, it has been suggested that it derives from eu euq-pro *-g, to which the epenthetic vowel was attached before case suffixes. Then, the intervocalic euq-pro *-g- would be dropped due to its position.245 -k (1). Suffix eu suffix inflectional suffixes Absolutive plural suffix. eu Nire gurasoak oporretan daude. My parents are on holiday. eu Txakurrak katuak jan ditu. The dog has eaten the cats. Declension Etymology 2 eu :af -a<pos:singular definite article> -k<pos:ergative suffix> + 1 Suffix eu suffix inflectional suffixes Ergative singular suffix. eu Txakurrak katuak jan ditu. The dog has eaten the cats. Declension References Hungarian Etymology From hu -a- -k linking vowel plural suffix y. Pronunciation Suffix hu suffix hu plural hu plural suffix -s, -es hu ház house házak houses hu piros red pirosak red hu Az almák pirosak. The apples are red. Usage notes See also :Category:Hungarian noun forms Appendix:Hungarian suffixes Ilocano Etymology ilo :inh phi-pro:*aku<alt:*akú> 3 1 Pronunciation ilo /ak/ after words ending in consonants and sometimes vowels except /a/ ilo /ʔak/ after words ending in /a/ and sometimes other vowels Pronoun pronoun 1 First-person singular absolutive enclitic pronoun; I, me ilo Pilipinoak. I am a Filipino. ilo Kinagatak ti aso. The dog bit me. Usage notes When attached to the enclitic ilo -en -(e)n, the pronoun becomes -akon, reflecting its old form (see etymology above). ilo Nanganakon. I already ate. The pronoun is often conflated with ilo -nak in colloquial speech. See the definition of ilo -nak for its proper usage. Derived terms ilo Igorotak See also ilo enclitics Munsee Etymology From umu alg-pro *-aki. Suffix umu suffix A suffix used to form the plurals of animate words. umu lúnuw man → umu lunúwak men umu alóhkeew he/she works → umu alohkéewak they work Old Polish Etymology zlw-opl nominal :inh sla-pro:*-akъ<id:person nouns> + 1 Pronunciation a:k Suffix zlw-opl suffix m used to form nouns Derived terms zlw-opl Descendants pl -ak szl -ŏk Polish Etymology pl nominal :inh zlw-opl:-ak<id:nominal> + 1 Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf--ak.wav Suffix pl suffix m pl demonym formation used to form demonyms pl Warszawa warszawiak pl Kraków krakowiak pl Poznań poznaniak pl various noun formation used to form various nouns, many of them colloquial pl spacer spacerniak pl miedź miedziak pl buzia buziak pl prosty prostak pl pić pijak pl naming dances and sports used to form names of dances and sports pl szczypiorek szczypiorniak pl Kujawy kujawiak pl Kraków krakowiak pl diminutive of an animal used to form diminutives of animals pl -ę -ko pl gęś gęsiak pl kaczka kaczak Usage notes This suffix usually softens the preceding consonant, causing an pl i or pl y to be added. Declension Personal declension (e.g. demonyms): Animate declension (e.g. dances, sports, some colloquial nouns): Inanimate declension (e.g. some colloquial nouns): -a k a Derived terms pl pl diminutive of an animal Further reading Serbo-Croatian Etymology 1 sh :inh sla-pro:*-ъkъ<id:nominal> nominal 1 sh sla-pro *-ъkъ. Pronunciation sh /ak/ Suffix Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a performer, feature, human relation, result of an action, object, diminutive or a proper name. See also sh -jak sh -njak Etymology 2 Pronunciation sh /ak/ Suffix Suffix appended to the present stem of verbs to form an adjective denoting a feature or a dimension. sh gladiti glad to smooth + sh -ak → sh gladak smooth. sh ljubiti ljub to love + sh -ak → sh ljubak amiable. Proto-Slavic sla-pro *plyti + sh -ak → sh plitak shallow. See also sh -ek sh -ok Turkish Alternative forms tr -ek Etymology tr :inh ota:ـاق<ety:inh<trk-pro:*-gek<alt:*-gak>>> 2 1 Pronunciation tr /ak/ Suffix Creates nouns out of verbs. tr yatmak yat- to lie down + tr -ak → tr yatak bed. tr taramak tara- to comb + tr -ak → tr tarak comb. Derived terms tr Unami Etymology unm From alg-pro *-aki? Suffix unm suffix an-p Forms plural animate subjects (or objects if agentive/inversive suffixes precede it) of verbs. unm k- you second-person object prefix wëwah- to know verb root -a directive suffix -w him/her third-person singular suffix -ak kuwahaok you know them Forms plurals of animate nouns. unm chulëns bird -àk chulënsàk birds Derived terms unm -aok rebracketing of -a (directive suffix) -w (3rd-person suffix) and -ak; [to] them unm -yòk rebracketing with -w