-ഉം
Malayalam
Alternative forms
- -യും (-yuṁ), -വും (-vuṁ)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *-um. Cognate with Tamil -உம் (-um).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-um/
Suffix
-ഉം • (-uṁ)
- and
- Future tense marker,
- നടക്കുക (naṭakkuka, “to walk”) + -ഉം (-uṁ) → നടക്കും (naṭakkuṁ, “will walk”)
- Alternative form of -മ് (-mŭ, “adjective formative”)
- പാൽ (pāl, “milk”) + -ഉം (-uṁ) → പാലും വെള്ളം (pāluṁ veḷḷaṁ, “milky water”)
- inclusion, addition, also, and
- കുമാരും വന്നു
- kumāruṁ vannu
- Kumar also came
- (with verbal participles) concessive
- കുമാർ വന്നിട്ടും എന്നോട് മിണ്ടിയില്ല
- kumāṟ vanniṭṭuṁ ennōṭŭ miṇṭiyilla
- Although Kumar came, he didn't talk to me
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