Triparic Word Formation

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

Noun-forming

Affix	Applied to	Purpose	Example
-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"
-ist	Nouns, Verbs	Profession, vocation, philosophy	luden "to play" → ludist "professional player"
-kin	Nouns	Young, offspring	cän "dog" → cänkin "puppy"
-let	Nouns	Diminutive	pådd "house" → påddlet "small house, bungalow, cottage"
-nes	Adjectives	State of being the adjective	rod "red" → rodnes "redness"
-schaf	Nouns	State of being	könig "king" → königschaf "kingship"
	Verbs	Patient/object of the verb French: -é (fr) m, -ée (fr) f; Italian: -ato m, -ata f; Spanish: -ado (es) m, -ada (es) f, Latin -atus, Esperanto -ato
	Nouns	Ethnonyms English -(i)an, Esperanto -(an)o, German -er(in), French -ien(ne), Italian -ese, Portuguese: -ês, -ense; Spanish: -és, -ense (es) m, -esa f
	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
-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
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
-lic	Adjectives	Basic adverbial form of the adjective	gross "large" → grosslic "largely"

Sources (for ideas)

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)
Office	-ate (principate, shogunate)	-at (Prinzipat, S(c)hogunat)	-atus (senatus, potentatus)

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)

Other suffixes not to miss

• -ology