Nouns with Diminutive Inflection

Observation

ᒨᐦᑯᒫᓐ		muuhkumaan	a knife
ᒨᐦᑯᒫᓂᔥ		muuhkumaanish	a little knife

To say that something is small, the suffix -ish can be added to a noun.

ᑌᐦᑕᐴᓐ		tehtapuun	a chair
ᑌᐦᑕᐴᓂᔥ		tehtapuunish	a little chair
ᒥᑎᐦᒌ		mitihchii	a hand
ᒥᑎᐦᒌᔥ		mitihchiish	a little hand
ᐊᑎᒻ		atim	a dog
ᐊᑎᒧᔥ		atimush	a little dog

For words that contain a -t-, the -t- sometimes becomes -ch-:

ᐊᑎᒻ		atim	a dog
ᐊᒋᒧᔥ		achimush	a little dog
ᐅᑖᐹᓈᔅᒄ		utaapaanaaskw	a sled
ᐅᒑᐹᓈᔅᑯᔥ		uchaapaanaashkush	a little sled
ᒦᒋᓲᓈᐦᑎᒄ		miichisuunaahtikw	a table
ᒦᒋᓲᓈᐦᒋᑯᔥ		miichisuunaahchikush	a little table

The diminutive suffix -ish can also be added to verbs:

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