Triparic Word Formation

Affixes are categorized according to the part of speech they produce.

Asterisks indicate an affix which Shawn is proposing and not yet ratified by Carrie and Alan.

Nouns

Affix	Applied to	Purpose	Example
-er	Verbs	Agent of the verb	dixen "speak" → dixer "speaker"
	Verbs	Patient of the verb
*-ist	Nouns, Verbs	Profession, vocation, philosophy	luden "to play" → ludist "professional player"
*-nes	Adjectives	State of being the adjective	rod "red" → rodnes "redness"

Adjectives

Affix	Applied to	Purpose	Example
*-axe	Verbs	Having a tendency to the verb	quiren "to ask" → quiraxe "inquisitive"
*-eble	Verbs	Passive capability for the verb	viden "to see" → videble "visible"
*-esc	Nouns	Similar to the noun	Kalmont → Kalmontesc "like Kalmont"
*-isch	Adjectives	Similar to the base adjective, but not quite meeting the standard	rod "red" → rodisch "reddish"

Verbs

Affix	Applied to	Purpose	Example
*fe-en	Nouns	Process of making something into the noun	könig "king" → fekönigen "enthrone"

Adverbs

Affix	Applied to	Purpose	Example
-lic	Adjectives	Basic adverbial form of the adjective	gross "large" → grosslic "largely"

Sources (for ideas)

Nouns From Verbs

Purpose	English	German	Latin	French	Esperanto	Old Tri.
Patient (To whom is it done?)	-ee (trainee)		-atus		-ato
State/condition of doing it or having it done	-ment and others (amusement, astonishment)	-tum, -ung, -schaft	-or (dolor, amor, timor, horror, clamor)	-ment et al
The action itself or result of doing it	-tion (retaliation, indignation)	-ung (for Germanic roots), -tion (for Romance roots)	-(t)io (deliberatio)	-tion et al	-ado	Inconsistent; sometimes -at or -stanz (proponat, sagenstanz)
Variously related to the act			-(t)ium, -tura (cultura, odium, ingenium, oblivium)
Instrument for doing or thing which does the act	-er, -tor (stapler, cutter, vibrator)	-er, -el, -zeug	-men(tum), -(c)ulum, etc. (flumen, nomen, vinculum, impedimentum)	-oir (miroir, accoudoir)	-ilo
Place of doing the act				-oir (abbatoir, dortoir)	-ejo (lernejo)

Nouns From Other Nouns

Purpose	English	German	Latin	French	Esperanto	Old Tri.
Act, condition, characteristic	-(i)(t)y, -mony (authority, victory, patrimony)		-(t)ium, -tas, -monium, -(t)ia (auctoritas, victoria, auspicium, patrimonium)
Place	-arium		-arium (aerarium, tabularium)			-plåx (Schattenplåx)
Office	-ate (principate, shogunate)	-at (Prinzipat, S(c)hogunat)	-atus (senatus, potentatus)
Diminutive	-ling, -let, -kin (munchkin, hamlet, stripling)	-lein, -chen (Fräulein, Mädchen)	-ulus/a, -ellus/a, -culus/a, etc. (navicula, castellum)	-et/te	-eto (dometo, knabeto)

Nouns From Adjectives

Purpose	English	German	Latin	French	Esperanto	Old Tri.
Quality/Condition	-tude, -ship, -ness (solitude, friendship, vagueness)	-tät, -nis (Solidarität, Geheimnis)	-(t)ia, -tas, -tudo (tristitia, turpitudo, nobilitas)	-ité (virilité, réalité)	-eco (vireco, amikeco)

Adjectives From Verbs

Purpose	English	German	Latin	French	Esperanto	Old Tri.
Ongoing Condition	-bund, -cund		-bundus, -(c)undus (moribundus, fecundus)
State/Condition	-id		-idus (frigidus, timidus, pallidus)
Tendency	-acious		-ax (audax, tenax, mendax)

Adjectives From Nouns

Purpose	English	German	Latin	French	Esperanto	Old Tri.
Fullness	-ose, -ous, -ful		-osus (bellicosus, religiosus)			-vol (fäþvol)
Having	-ous, -ate	-haft (ehrenhaft, krankhaft)	-(a)tus (barbatus, togatus)
Composition/Quality	-y, -ous		-eus (argenteus, ferreus, consanguineus)
Place pertaining to	-ia		-anus/ia, -ensis (Brittania, Germania)		-ia, -ujo
Pertaining/belonging	-al, -ic, -ian, -ly (paternal, manly, equestrian, acidic)		-ter/tris, -alis, -aris (muralis, equester, militaris)	-ique (cabalistique)		-ik (centrik, pengwinik)

Verbs From Nouns

Purpose	English	German	Latin	French	Esperanto	Old Tri.
Denominatives			-are, -ere, etc. (pugnare, salvere)
Inceptives (To begin the verb)			-sco (irasco, ardesco, albesco)