-lain

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

The sense "kind of" developed separately, ultimately from a combination of, probably via 🇨🇬.

Suffix

 * 1) ; kind of
 * 1) ; kind of
 * 1) ; kind of
 * 1) ; kind of
 * 1) ; kind of

Usage notes

 * In its oblique forms, this suffix always carries secondary stress in polysyllabic words.
 * When used in the sense "kind of", the suffix not always follows vowel harmony:
 * Note that due to assimilation, the suffix may take the form -llain when following a word originally ending in -n:
 * Note that due to assimilation, the suffix may take the form -llain when following a word originally ending in -n:

Etymology
From.