-er

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ə/

Suffix

added to a verb or imitative sound morpheme

(added to a verb or imitative sound) Frequently; used to form frequentative verbs.

Japanese Meaning

動詞や擬音語に付加され、行為や音の反復・頻発を示す機能を持つ接尾辞

言語学者は、動詞や擬音に「頻繁に〜する」という意味を加える接尾辞を付けると、それを頻繁に行うという意味を表すことがあると説明します。

Sense（1）

(added to a verb or imitative sound) Frequently; used to form frequentative verbs.

twitter, clamber, bicker, mutter, wander, flutter, flicker, slither, smother, sputter