-леу

Kazakh

Alternative forms

  • -дау (-dau), -деу (-deu), -тау (-tau), -теу (-teu), -лау (-lau)

Etymology

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Suffix

-леу • (-leu)

  1. Used to make approximate adjecitves: -ish, slightly
    ‎қызыл (qyzyl, “red”) + ‎-леу (-leu) → ‎қызылдау (qyzyldau, “reddish”)
    ‎қымбат (qymbat, “expensive”) + ‎-леу (-leu) → ‎қымбаттау (qymbattau, “slightly expensive”)

See also

  • -ле (-le, “verbalizer”)
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