Telugu suffix

-లాంటి

-lāṇṭi
approximative / pejorative

Register

native

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

N

allomorphs -vaṇṭi

Status

Establisheddraft

brown

Words built with -లాంటి

పిల్లలాంటి
pillalāṇṭi
like a child (pejorative)
పిల్ల+-లాంటి
పసుపులాంటి
pasupulāṇṭi
somewhat yellow
పసుపు+-లాంటి

Does the same job elsewhere

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

English

  • -ish
    register-matched functional equivalent

French

  • -âtre
    register-matched functional equivalent
  • -in
    register-matched functional equivalent

Hindi

  • -सा
    register-matched functional equivalent

Telugu

this affix: -లాంటి

    Tamil