Tamil suffix

-ட்டு

-ṭṭu
causative

Register

native

Productivity

dead

no longer forms new words; survives in fossils

Attaches to

V

Status

Establisheddraft

madras_tl

Words built with -ட்டு

காட்டு
kāṭṭu
cause to see
காண்+-ட்டு
ஊட்டு
ūṭṭu
cause to eat
உண்+-ட்டு

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

  • -ize
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
  • -ify
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
  • -en
    register-matched functional equivalent

French

  • -ifier
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
  • -iser
    functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)

Hindi

  • -आ-
    register-matched functional equivalent

Telugu

Tamil

this affix: -ட்டு