Dictionary:-uɣ
Proto-Andusian
Etymology
Extracted from the frozen collective *ciᵐbuɣ (“forest”), beside *ciᵐb (“tree”); compare *cisuɣ (“village”).
Suffix
*-uɣ
- forms collectives and ensembles: a mass, gathering, or landscape of the base
- (by extension) the place characterized by the base
Usage notes
The most freely attached of the reconstructed suffixes.
Derived terms
- Proto-North-Andusian: *sacuɣ
- Proto-North-Andusian: *ɣauɣ
- Proto-South-Andusian: *simu
- Proto-Unterian: *kakauɣi
- Proto-Unterian: *rivuɣi
- Proto-Unterian: *rɔɣuɣi
Descendants
- Proto-North-Andusian: *-uɣ
- Proto-South-Andusian: *-u (word-final; -uɣ- medially)
- Proto-Unterian: *-uɣi (word-final; -uɣ- medially)
Proto-North-Andusian
Etymology
From Proto-Andusian *-uɣ.
Suffix
*-uɣ
- forms collectives and ensembles: a mass, gathering, or landscape of the base