Meaning of -ia | Babel Free

Definitions

1. for (directed at, intended to belong to), applicative suffix
   morpheme
2. conversive suffix
   morpheme, rare

Examples

“-lipa (“to pay”) + -ia → -lipia (“to pay for”)”

“-jibu (“to answer”) + -ia → -jibia (“to answer to/for”)”

“-soma (“to read”) + -ea → -somea (“to read to/for”)”

“-nuka (“to smell”) + -ia → -nukia (“to smell good”)”

“-hama (“to move, to emigrate”) + -ia → -hamia (“to move to, to immigrate”)”

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