-tu

pos: suffix

head

lus

suffix

expansion: -tu

etymology_text: From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuu (“who”), whence also the interrogative pronoun tu.

inh

tbq-kuk-pro

*tuu

t: who

expansion: Proto-Kuki-Chin *tuu (“who”)

links: agent agent#English

links: -er -er

glosses: Nominalizes verbs to indicate the agent of an action: -er


-ah

head

expansion: -ah

etymology_text: From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔaʔ (locative marker).

*ʔaʔ

pos: locative marker

expansion: Proto-Kuki-Chin *ʔaʔ (locative marker)

text: thubuai (“case”) + -ah → thubuaiah (“in the case”)

type: example

text: Mizoram + -ah → Mizoramah (“in Mizoram”)

text: English August + -ah → August-ah (“in August”)


-pui

expansion: -pui

etymology_text: From Proto-Kuki-Chin *puy.

inh

*puy

expansion: Proto-Kuki-Chin *puy

text: bâwng (“cattle”) + -pui → bâwngpui (“cow”)