-கள்
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Cognate with Telugu -లు (-lu), Malayalam -കൾ (-kaḷ), Kannada -ಗಳು (-gaḷu).
-கள் • (-kaḷ)
The க் (k) in this suffix often becomes doubled after certain (but not all) consonant clusters and vowels. It is always doubled after long vowels. For example:
Also, if a word ends in ம் (m), it will become ங் (ṅ) before this suffix.
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