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：2025/11/26
-yer
Suffix
idiomatic
morpheme
rare
usually
Japanese Meaning
動作主や行為者を表す接尾辞。特に、名詞（特に 'w' や 'v' で終わるもの）に付けて、-erと同様に、ある行為や状態を実行する人や物を示す。
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(rare, usually no longer productive) Agent suffix, equivalent to -er, appended to some nouns (especially those ending in the letter w
or v
).
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-yer
In historical dialects, obsolete agent nouns like plowyer and shevyer preserve the rare suffix -yer, an agentive ending equivalent to -er used with stems ending in w or v.
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In historical dialects, obsolete agent nouns like plowyer and shevyer preserve the rare suffix -yer, an agentive ending equivalent to -er used with stems ending in w or v.
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