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Diminutive
MORPHOLOGY: a term for a special type of nouns the meaning of which can be characterized as SMALL N (where N is the predicate denoted by the noun). EXAMPLE: Dutch diminutives are formed by adding one of the allomorphs of the suffix -tje (viz. -pje, -kje, -etje, -je, -tje) to nouns. (i) gives a number of relevant examples:
(i) raam 'window' raam-pje 'small window' koning 'king' koning-kje 'small king' pan 'pan' pann-etje 'small pan' hok 'cage' hok-je 'small cage' baan 'job' baan-tje 'small job'
LIT. | Katamba, F. (1989) Zonneveld, W. & M. Trommelen (1980) |