-al

=Old Sumrë=

Suffix
-al
 * Verb > Noun
 * 1) Animal agentive

Early in Old Sumrë this suffix was used as a generic non-human agentive so some derived words that don't refer ot animals act as a remnant of this.

Derived Terms

 * bedal ("needle") < beden ("to repair")
 * brigaral ("torch") < brigaren ("to shine")
 * mylmal ("predator") < mylmen ("to hunt")
 * töölal ("pupae") < töölen ("to become")
 * paalggal ("penguin") < paalggen ("to sink")
 * pepal ("nose") < pepen ("to smell")