Spanish affixes in Yucatec Maya

Summary

Affix function number of borrowed affixes

Description

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

1 diminutive

  • -ito ~ -itu ‘diminutive’, e.g. polok-ito ‘sort of fat (of a male)’, bek’ech-ita ‘sort of thin (of a female)’, sak-ito ‘sort of white (of a man)’, xlo’obayan-ita ‘youthful (of a female)’