-pil
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pil"
Classical Nahuatl[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-pīl (plural -pipīl)
- (appended to nouns) a diminutive suffix; forms nouns denoting smallness.
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Usage notes[edit]
- The suffix undergoes short-vowel reduplication when pluralized, becoming -pipīl.
- pilpīl (“a small child”) → pīpilpipīl (“small children”)
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References[edit]
- Frances Karttunen (1992) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, University of Oklahoma Press, page 194