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)’