See also: tlăn and tlần

Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ɬan/, [t͡ɬan̥]

Suffix

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-tlan

  1. (added to nouns) A locative suffix denoting adjacency or distance below: Under, around.
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

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-tlān

  1. (added to nouns) A locative suffix meaning "place of."
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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Derived as a shortening of -talan (-less, without).[1]

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-tlan (comparative -tlanabb, superlative leg- -tlanabb)

  1. (adjective-forming suffix) -less, un-, dis- (a privative suffix added to a noun to form an adjective with a meaning of lacking something)
    hiba (mistake) + ‎-tlan → ‎hibátlan (flawless)
    (salt) + ‎-tlan → ‎tlan (unsalted)

Usage notes

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  • (adjective-forming suffix) Variants:
    -talan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
    -telen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives)
    -tlan is added to back-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    -tlen is added to front-vowel nouns (occasionally adjectives) ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -atlan is added to back-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
    -etlen is added to front-vowel verbs and nouns (occasionally adjectives)
  • Using two different suffix variants with the same stem may result in different meanings:
    gond (care)gondtalan (carefree)
    gond (care)gondatlan (careless)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -tlan -tlanok
accusative -tlant -tlanokat
dative -tlannak -tlanoknak
instrumental -tlannal -tlanokkal
causal-final -tlanért -tlanokért
translative -tlanná -tlanokká
terminative -tlanig -tlanokig
essive-formal -tlanként -tlanokként
essive-modal -tlanul -tlanokul
inessive -tlanban -tlanokban
superessive -tlanon -tlanokon
adessive -tlannál -tlanoknál
illative -tlanba -tlanokba
sublative -tlanra -tlanokra
allative -tlanhoz -tlanokhoz
elative -tlanból -tlanokból
delative -tlanról -tlanokról
ablative -tlantól -tlanoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-tlané -tlanoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-tlanéi -tlanokéi

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ -tlan in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)