-ya

suffix. adjectival suffix

Derivatives

• Q. -ëa “ordinal suffix” ✧ VT42/25
• Q. -ya “his, her, its (colloquial)” ✧ VT49/17
• S. -i “adjectival suffix” ✧ VT42/10
• S. -ui “-ful, having quality, adjective suffix; possibility, suitability [as verbal suffix], *-able” ✧ VT42/10; VT42/25; VT42/25

Element in

• ✶minya “first” ✧ VT42/25
• ✶otsōyā “seventh” ✧ VT42/25
• ✶-syā “his, her, its” ✧ VT49/17
• Q. lepenya “fifth” ✧ VT42/25
• Q. minya “first; eminent, prominent” ✧ VT42/25
• Q. nelya “third” ✧ VT42/25

Variations

• jā ✧ PE21/78
• -i ✧ PE21/81
• -jā̆ ✧ PE21/81
• -jā ✧ PE22/136; VT49/17
• -yā ✧ VT42/25
• ō-yā ✧ VT42/25
• ū-yā ✧ VT42/25

-yā

suffix. present participle

Derivatives

• Q. -ya “adjective suffix” ✧ PE17/068

Variations

• -ı̯ā ✧ PE17/068

-yā

suffix. causative

Element in

• ✶matyā- “to feed” ✧ PE22/135
• ✶tulyā- “to cause to come, send for, fetch, summon” ✧ PE22/135; PE22/135

Variations

• jā ✧ PE22/135
• yā ✧ PE22/156

-yă

suffix. formative

Element in

• ᴺS. gelia- “to learn”

Variations

• y ✧ PE22/156

-ā

suffix. adjectival

Derivatives

• Q. -a “adjectival suffix”

Element in

• ✶elenā “connected with or concerning the stars”
• ✶lindā “*sweet sounding” ✧ WJ/382

Variations

• ā ✧ PE21/82

-ni

suffix. adjectival suffix

Seen in lugni < LUG, luini < LUY and ninkwi < NIKW (with subsequent metathesis). Possibly a (rare) variant of -nā and/or -i.

makla

noun. sword

Derivatives

• Aq. makal “*sword” ✧ PE19/083

Variations

• makil ✧ PE21/71