Suffixes and abstractions

[S. Kalyanaraman]

---DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA <narayana at HD1.VSNL.NET.IN> wrote:
> What about 'peddarikaM' , 'rAcarikaM', 'kannerikaM', 'pEdarikaM',
> 'illarikaM', 'kODaNTrikaM' etc., in telugu?
>
> Also
>
> 'peddatanaM', 'cinnatanaM', 'musilitanaM', 'gaDusudanaM',
> 'telivitakkuvatanaM', 'metakadanaM' etc., in telugu?
>
Thanks for the leads. It is interesting that suffix -tan ('stretch';
also 'self') tries to extend the semantic content of the susbtantive.
Suffixes -ikam, -tige seem to evolve an abstract thought. I am
thankful for the leads because I am struggling to understand further
the classifiers used in the linguistic area.

Regards,
k.
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