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സ-

sa sa- /sɐ-/

Meaning in English

"-ly"

prefix

Definition

Meaning and examples

  1. an inseparable prefix expressing "junction", "conjunction", "possession" (as opposed to a privative), "similarity", "equality"

  2. when compounded with nouns to form adjectives and adverbs it may be translated by "with", "together or along with", "accompanied by", "added to", "having", "possessing", "containing", "having the same"

    സ- (sa-) + വർണ്ണം (vaṟṇṇaṁ, “color”) → സവർണ്ണം (savaṟṇṇaṁ, “same color”)

  3. "-ly"

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit സ- (sa-).

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