-tal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tal"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɒl]
• Rhymes: -ɒl

Etymology 1

Suffix

-tal

1. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a verb to form a noun.

   ‎iszik (“to drink”) + ‎-tal → ‎ital (“beverage”)

Usage notes

• (noun-forming suffix) Variants:

  -tal is added to back-vowel words

  -tel is added to front-vowel words

  -atal same as -tal with a linking vowel

  -etel same as -tel with a linking vowel

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -tal

Etymology 2

Suffix

-tal

1. (case suffix) assimilated harmonic variant of -val/-vel (“with”)

   ‎pont (“point, dot”) + ‎-tal → ‎ponttal (“with [a] point”)

See also

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Pipil

Etymology

Fom its root tal (“land, ground”). It's likely the suffix stems from Spanish via -al, -ar, which also indicate a place where there is abundance of something.

Suffix

-tal

1. In nouns, indicating a place where something is grown, or where there is plenty of it.

Further reading

• Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter. p.48