Hindi suffix

-सा

-sā
approximative / pejorative · diminutive

Register

native

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

N · ADJ

allomorphs -सी, -से

Status

Establisheddraft

mcgregor

Words built with -सा

बच्चों-सा
baccoṁ-sā
like a child (pejorative)
बच्चा+-सा
पीला-सा
pīlā-sā
somewhat yellow
पीला+-सा

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

  • -ish
    register-matched functional equivalent

French

  • -âtre
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -in
    register-matched functional equivalent

Hindi

this affix: -सा

    Telugu

    Tamil