Triparic Word Formation: Difference between revisions
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|Ethnonyms<br>''Note: For places ending in -a, only the -n is added. For places ending in anything else, the full -an is used.'' | |Ethnonyms<br>''Note: For places ending in -a, only the -n is added. For places ending in anything else, the full -an is used.'' | ||
|'''Triparia''' → '''triparian'''<br>'''Kalmont''' → '''kalmontan'''<br>'''Niava''' → '''niavan''' | |'''Triparia''' → '''triparian'''<br>'''Kalmont''' → '''kalmontan'''<br>'''Niava''' → '''niavan''' | ||
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|'''könig''' "king" → '''königät''' "period of reign as king" | |||
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Revision as of 22:53, 15 April 2016
Affixes are categorized according to the part of speech they produce.
Noun-forming
Affix | Applied to | Purpose | Example |
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-ciãn | Verbs | The action or process itself; sometimes the result if the process is the "end in itself" | donen "to give" → doneciãn "giving, donation" |
-er | Verbs | Agent of the verb | dixen "speak" → dixer "speaker" |
-ide | Verbs | Patient/object of the verb | voken "to call" → vokide "the person/thing called" |
-ist | Nouns, Verbs | Profession, vocation | luden "to play" → ludist "professional player" |
-kin | Nouns | Young, offspring | cän "dog" → cänkin "puppy" |
-let | Nouns | Diminutive | pådd "house" → påddlet "small house, bungalow, cottage" |
-log | Nouns | The study of | aqua "water" → aqualog "hydrology" |
-nes | Adjectives | State of being the adjective | rod "red" → rodnes "redness" |
-schaf | Nouns | State of being | könig "king" → königschaf "kingship" |
-(a)n | Places | Ethnonyms Note: For places ending in -a, only the -n is added. For places ending in anything else, the full -an is used. |
Triparia → triparian Kalmont → kalmontan Niava → niavan |
-ät | Position, office | Reign, term in office | könig "king" → königät "period of reign as king" |
Roots for beliefs | Adherents |
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Verbs | Place where it is done English -arium, -ory; Portuguese -ário, French -oir(e); Latin -arium, -orium; Esperanto -ejo |
Adjective-forming
Affix | Applied to | Purpose | Example |
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-ic | Nouns | General purpose conversion to adjective | Triparia → triparic "Triparian" |
-esc | Nouns | Similar to the noun | Kalmont → Kalmontesc "like Kalmont" |
-in | Nouns | Made of | aqua "water" → aquin "made of water" |
-lãs | Nouns | Lacking | tap "head" → taplãs "headless" |
-vol | Nouns | Full of, having in abundance | chocolad "chocolate" → chocoladvol "full of chocolate" |
-isch | Adjectives | Similar to the base adjective, but not quite meeting the standard | rod "red" → rodisch "reddish" |
-axe | Verbs | Tendency to do the verb | quiren "to ask" → quiraxe "inquisitive" |
-eble | Verbs | Able to be affected by the verb | viden "to see" → videble "visible" |
-ent | Verbs | Present participle | dixen "to speak" → dixent "speaking" |
Verb-forming
Affix | Applied to | Purpose | Example |
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Infinitive ending or other normal verb inflections | Nouns | Denominal verb: the action or event inherently linked to the noun | pådd "house" → pådden "to house" |
fe-en | Nouns, Adjectives | Process of becoming the noun or adjective | könig "king" → fekönigen "enthrone" |
Adverb-forming
Affix | Applied to | Purpose | Example |
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-lic | Adjectives | Basic adverbial form of the adjective Note: For adjectives formed directly from nouns with the suffix -ic, this suffix replaces the -ic rather than following it. |
gross "large" → grosslic "largely" menschic "manly" (adj.) → menschlic "manly" (adv.) |
Sources (for ideas)
Nouns From Other Nouns
Purpose | English | German | Latin | French | Esperanto | Old Tri. |
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Act, condition, characteristic | -(i)(t)y, -mony (authority, victory, patrimony) |
-(t)ium, -tas, -monium, -(t)ia (auctoritas, victoria, auspicium, patrimonium) |
Adjectives From Verbs
Purpose | English | German | Latin | French | Esperanto | Old Tri. |
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Ongoing Condition | -bund, -cund | -bundus, -(c)undus (moribundus, fecundus) |
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State/Condition[1] | -id | -idus (frigidus, timidus, pallidus) |
- ↑ A lot of the Latin words of this type have nouns in -or: timor, pallor, etc.