Description:

The modifier sinku is mainly used as an adjective meaning little or small. It also has an ameliorative affect, where it has a sense of cute, nice or good.

An age term for people is derived form 'sinku'. The derived form 'sinkun', from 'sinku', 'little' and -(y)n, literally 'little one', is the word generally used for very small children too young to go to school or be put to work. 'Sinku' is also used as a prefix on the word 'ife', 'son or daughter', to derive the word for 'grandchild', 'sinkuife'.

Sinku has an irregular tight binding form 'sino' to modify other modifiers. 'Sino' means 'a little' or 'slightly'. Sino has its own separate dictionary entry, attached.