Tamil suffix

-தனம்

-taṉam
abstract state

Register

native

Productivity

mid

attaches to a sizeable but bounded set

Attaches to

N

allomorphs -ttaṉam

Status

Hypothesisdraft

madras_tl

Words built with -தனம்

புத்திசாலித்தனம்
putticālittaṉam
quickness of thought
புத்திசாலி+-தனம்
குழந்தைத்தனமான
kuḻantaittaṉamāṉa
like a child (pejorative)
குழந்தை+-தனம்+-ஆன

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

  • -ness
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ity
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
  • -hood
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ship
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -dom
    register-matched functional equivalent

French

  • -ité
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
  • -té
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -esse
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -eur
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ie
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -itude
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
  • -ance
    register-matched functional equivalent

Hindi

  • -पन
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -ता
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
  • -त्व
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
  • -ई
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -आपा
    register-matched functional equivalent

Telugu

  • -తనం
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -త్వం
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
  • -త
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
  • -రికం
    register-matched functional equivalent

Tamil

this affix: -தனம்