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Triparic Word Formation

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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.