Telugu suffix

-డం

-ḍaṁ
event / result noun · verbal noun / infinitive

Register

native

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

V

allomorphs -aḍaṁ

Status

Establisheddraft

brown

Words built with -డం

చదవడం
cadavaḍaṁ
the act of reading
చదువు+-డం
రాయడం
rāyaḍaṁ
the act of writing
రాయు+-డం
పాడడం
pāḍaḍaṁ
the act of singing
పాడు+-డం

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

this affix: -డం

    Tamil