-ima

adjectival suffix. Sometimes it is used to derive simple adjectives, like vanima "fair" or calima "bright"; it can also take on the meaning "-able" PE17:68, as in mátima “edible” mat- “eat”, nótima “countable” not- “count” and with a negative prefix úquétima "unspeakable" from quet- "speak". Note that the stem-vowel is normally lengthened in the derivatives where -ima means "-able", though this fails to occur in cenima “visible” q.v., but contrast hraicénima, q.v. and also before a consonant cluster as in úfantima “not concealable” PE17:176. "X-ima" may mean "apt to X" when the ending is added to an intransitive verbal stem, as in Fírimar "mortals", literally "those apt to die" WJ:387. The adj. úfantima “not concealable” PE17:176 also appears as úfantuma PE17:180, indicating the existence of a variant ending -uma possibly used to derive adjectives with a “bad” meaning; compare the ending *-unqua next to -inqua, q.v.