Spanish affixes in Mexicanero de la Sierra Madre Occidental

Summary

Affix function number of borrowed affixes

Description

Information and examples are from Chamoreau (2012:82–84).

1 diminutive

  • -ito ‘diminutive’, e.g. tepitʃi-ito ‘tiny’ (from tepitʃi ‘boy’), meka-t-ito (string-sg-diminutive) ‘little string’, nin-nakas-ito (3pl-ear-diminutive) ‘their tiny ears’