-ತೆ

ವ್ಯುತ್ಪತ್ತಿ ನಿಘಂಟು (Učida & Rajapurohit)

1. 1.
   suf.

   (gram.) “-ing,” an old Kannada suffix for building action nouns from verbs, e.g., ಪೊ-

2. 2.
   suf.

   (gram.) a suffix for building nouns with the meaning of “state of or quality of being … ” mostly from Sanskrit adjectives”, e.g., śuddʰa “pure” ⇒ śuddʰate “purity”, ವಕ್ರ “crooked” ⇒ ವಕ್ರತೆ “crookedness” [Sk. -tā] ತೆಂ- teṃ- [tem] pref. (direc.) south ű ತೆಂಗಾಳಿ south wind

ಕಿಟ್ಟೆಲ್ ನಿಘಂಟು

1. 1.

   an affix for the formation of neuter nouns. e. g. ಅಗ/?/, ಪೊಗ/?/, ನೆಗ/?/, ಪುಗುತೆ (Śmd. 247).