-uli

Morpheme

-uli

Type

suffix

Denotation

Latin diminutive or instrumental suffix (plural of -ulus)

Etymology

Latin -ulī, from -ulus, from -lus

Evidence

abaculi, arculi, calculi, caliculi, circuli, convolvuli, flocculi, lobuli, moduli, noduli, oculi, reguli, rotuli, sacculi, tubuli, volvuli

See Also

-ac(u)le [-acule, -acle], -c(u)le [-cule, -cle], -cula, -culae, -culum, -culus, -culi, -cello, -celli, -ouche, -ula, -ula, -ulae, -(u)le [-ule, -le], -ulum, -ulus, -ulo, -ellus, -ellum, -ella