Tamil suffix

-தல்

-tal
event / result noun · verbal noun / infinitive

Register

native

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

V

allomorphs -ttal, -al

Status

Establisheddraft

madras_tl

Words built with -தல்

படித்தல்
paṭittal
the act of reading
படி+-தல்
எழுதுதல்
eḻututal
the act of writing
எழுது+-தல்
பாடுதல்
pāṭutal
the act of singing
பாடு+-தல்
செலுத்துதல்
celuttutal
the act/result of paying
செலுத்து+-தல்

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: -தல்