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’