Diminutive 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 4
Diminutive 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 4
/dɪˈmɪn.jʊ.tɪv/ (adj)
very small, tiny, little, petite, elfin, miniscule, miniature, mini, midget, undersized, pocket-size, minute
The present paper is concerned with the diminutive morpheme -wa/-ba in Akan. It examines the form, the origin and the various meanings associated with diminutive forms in the language. We attribute the origin of the diminutive to the lexical word for ‘child/offspring’ ɔba, basing our argument on language internal evidence as well as cross-linguistic generalizations.
Source: https://journals.openedition.org/
Antonym: huge, massive, colossal, bulky
Noun: diminutiveness
Adverb: diminutively
