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-e

[e]

suffix

LanguageAinu (Japan)

Meaning
  1. used after verbs ending in r form of -re (“to make happen”)
  2. causative suffix
  3. A suffix added to certain verbs to indicate that someone is causing or allowing an action to happen.
Examples

kor + -e → kore

To have + -e makes 'to give', literally 'to make have'.

Pronunciatione

Part of speechsuffix

Usage noteThis suffix is used specifically after verbs ending in the causative -re suffix.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.