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|Verbs
|Verbs
|The action or process itself; sometimes the result if the process is the "end in itself"
|The action or process itself; sometimes the result if the process is the "end in itself"
|'''donen''' "to give" → '''doneciãn''' "giving, donation"
|'''donen''' "to give" →<br>'''doneciãn''' "giving, donation"
|-
|-
|'''-er'''
|'''-er'''
|Verbs
|Verbs
|Agent of the verb
|Agent of the verb
|'''dixen''' "speak" → '''dixer''' "speaker"
|'''dixen''' "speak" →<br>'''dixer''' "speaker"
|-
|-
|'''-ide'''
|'''-ide'''
|Verbs
|Verbs
|Patient/object of the verb
|Patient/object of the verb
|'''voken''' "to call" → '''vokide''' "the person/thing called"
|'''voken''' "to call" →<br>'''vokide''' "the person/thing called"
|-
|-
|'''-ist'''
|'''-ist'''
|Nouns, Verbs
|Nouns, Verbs
|Profession, vocation
|Profession, vocation
|'''luden''' "to play" → '''ludist''' "professional player"
|'''luden''' "to play" →<br>'''ludist''' "professional player"
|-
|-
|'''-kin'''
|'''-kin'''
|Nouns
|Nouns
|Young, offspring
|Young, offspring
|'''cän''' "dog" → '''cänkin''' "puppy"
|'''cän''' "dog" →<br>'''cänkin''' "puppy"
|-
|-
|'''-let'''
|'''-let'''
|Nouns
|Nouns
|Diminutive
|Diminutive
|'''pådd''' "house" → '''påddlet''' "small house, bungalow, cottage"
|'''pådd''' "house" →<br>'''påddlet''' "small house, bungalow, cottage"
|-
|-
|'''-log'''
|'''-log'''
|Nouns
|Nouns
|The study of
|The study of
|'''aqua''' "water" → '''aqualog''' "hydrology"
|'''aqua''' "water" →<br>'''aqualog''' "hydrology"
|-
|-
|'''-nes'''
|'''-nes'''
|Adjectives
|Adjectives
|State of being the adjective
|State of being the adjective
|'''rod''' "red" → '''rodnes''' "redness"
|'''rod''' "red" →<br>'''rodnes''' "redness"
|-
|-
|'''-schaf'''
|'''-schaf'''
|Nouns
|Nouns
|State of being
|State of being
|'''könig''' "king" → '''königschaf''' "kingship"
|'''könig''' "king" →<br>'''königschaf''' "kingship"
|-
|-
|'''-(a)n'''
|'''-(a)n'''
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|Position, office
|Position, office
|Reign, term in office
|Reign, term in office
|'''könig''' "king" → '''königät''' "period of reign as king"
|'''könig''' "king" →<br>'''königät''' "period of reign as king"
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''-ido''' (masc.)<br>'''-isa''' (fem.)<br>'''-ine''' (epi.)
|rowspan="2"|'''-ido''' (masc.)<br>'''-isa''' (fem.)<br>'''-ine''' (epi.)

Revision as of 19:42, 16 April 2016

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"
-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.
Tripariatriparian
Kalmontkalmontan
Niavaniavan
-ät Position, office Reign, term in office könig "king" →
königät "period of reign as king"
-ido (masc.)
-isa (fem.)
-ine (epi.)
Titles of nobility Forms the title of the noble's consort graf "count" → grafido "male consort of a count"
baron "baron" → baronine "consort of non-specified gender of a baron"
imperor "emperor" and duc "duke" use modified roots for these. imperor "emperor"
(root imper-) → imperisa "empress"
duc "duke"
(root duch-) → duchisa "duchess"
Roots for beliefs Adherents
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 Tripariatriparic "Triparian"
-esc Nouns Similar to the noun KalmontKalmontesc "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
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.
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.
Ongoing Condition -bund, -cund -bundus, -(c)undus
(moribundus, fecundus)
State/Condition[1] -id -idus
(frigidus, timidus, pallidus)
  1. A lot of the Latin words of this type have nouns in -or: timor, pallor, etc.