-ah

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ah"

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aʔ/

Suffix

-ah

  1. Turns an interrogative pronoun into an unspecified pronoun. Equivalent to "some-" in "somewhere" and "something".

Usage notes

This suffix shortens the long vowel on all pronouns except for tleh, which it combines with irregularly.

Derived terms

South Slavey

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [-à(h)]

Suffix

-ah

  1. Used to form diminutive nouns.

Usage notes
  • Follows the possessive suffix, which is realised as a high tone on the preceding syllable:
    ‎mbeh (“knife”) + ‎-ah → ‎mbehah (“little knife”)
    ‎sembehé (“my knife”) + ‎-ah → ‎sembéhah (“my little knife”)

Derived terms
South Slavey terms suffixed with -ah

References
  • Keren Rice (1989) A Grammar of Slave, Berlin, West Germany: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 241
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