Where does “-sab” come from?

-sab (Old Tupi) comes from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ — instrumentalizer suffix.

-sab (Old Tupi): forms nouns from verbs, indicating, generally, a means of action of that verb

Definitions

  1. forms nouns from verbs, indicating, generally, a means of action of that verb

Ancestry of “-sab”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-aβinstrumentalizer suffix

Words derived from “-sab

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ