Meaning of -ke | Babel Free

Definitions

Added to a word to express smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment. When added to present participles, it can also express the instrument or place of the action indicated in the base word.

diminutive, morpheme, suffix

Equivalents

Examples

“egy (“one”) + -ke → egyke (“only child”)”

“egér (“mouse”) + -ke → egérke (“tiny mouse”)”

“ül (“to sit”) → ülő (“sitting”) → ülőke (“seat, small seat”)”

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