The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Parameter attributive suffix. It is difficult to find an appropriate name for this suffix. It is usually added to nouns. The affixed form then describes something that has attributes or features of the stem... The stem usually, but not always, takes the infix (e.g. 'skin rash' : 'condition of having a skin rash', 'sap, juice' : 'salty fish sauce', 'woman' : 'effeminate male' or 'having attributes of woman', 'odor' : 'smelly') [ac2d38a592ca555a5191a0b47ad5abed]

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