Tamil suffix

-க்கம்

-kkam
event / result noun

Register

native

Productivity

mid

attaches to a sizeable but bounded set

Attaches to

V

allomorphs -kam, -am

Status

Establisheddraft

madras_tl

Words built with -க்கம்

இயக்கம்
iyakkam
the act of moving
இயங்கு+-க்கம்

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

  • -tion
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
  • -ment
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
  • -ing
    register-matched functional equivalent

French

  • -ance
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ure
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ment
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -tion
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)

Hindi

  • -आई
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -आवट
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -आहट
    register-matched functional equivalent

Telugu

  • -డం
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ట
    register-matched functional equivalent

Tamil

this affix: -க்கம்