Telugu suffix

-కుడు

-kuḍu
agent

Register

Sanskritic

Productivity

mid

attaches to a sizeable but bounded set

Attaches to

N

allomorphs -uḍu, -tuḍu

Status

Establisheddraft

brown

Words built with -కుడు

అధ్యాపకుడు
adhyāpakuḍu
one who teaches
అధ్యాపక+-కుడు
మాంత్రికుడు
māntrikuḍu
one who does magic
మాంత్రిక+-కుడు

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

  • -er
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -ist
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)

French

  • -eur
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -iste
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs L)
  • -ien
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -ant
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -ier
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)

Hindi

  • -कार
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -वाला
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs N)
  • -दार
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs P)
  • -गर
    functional equivalent; register differs (S vs P)
  • -वादी
    register-matched functional equivalent

Telugu

this affix: -కుడు

    Tamil