Spanish affixes in Purepecha/Tarascan

Summary

Affix function number of borrowed affixes

Description

Information and examples are from Chamoreau (2012: 81–82).

1 diminutive

‑itu ‘diminutive’, e.g. watsi‑itu‑etʃa‑ni (boy‑diminutive‑pl‑object) ‘(to) the boys’, xantiakhu‑itu ‘completely alone’ (from xantiakhu ‘alone’), sapilati‑itu‑e‑p‑ka (small‑diminutive‑predication‑aorist.past-subject) ‘(you) were very young’