Affixes

NOTE: The prefix ne implies only negation, not opposite quality:

• -ac-: Suffering from:
  cancéraco   a cancer victim maníaco   a maniac

• -açh-: Of low quality:
  belaçha   tawdry automobilaçho   a jalopy scribaçher   to scrawl

• -ad-: A single instance of prolonged, continuous, or repetitive action:
  Ili revolvicaden bovos.   He’s tipping cows (again and again) with his friends. Mi blasfemadin per multa linguajos, mas nun mi blasfemaden mere per Romániço.   I made a blasphemous speech in many languages, but right now I’m making a blasphemous speech only in Romániço. foliado   foliage la Britaniana navado   the British navy balaustrado   a balaustrade

• -an-: Having membership in the country, city, domain, class, or group of:
  Canadano   a Canadian Americana muliero   an American woman politiano   a policeman Cristiano   a Christian

• -and-: Worthy of, deserving of:
  laudanda   praise-worthy asasinando   a person who ought to be assassinated

• -ant-: Indicates active action in progress:
  hómino parlanta je Romániço   a man speaking Romániço Parlante Romániço, ili pensen Clingonense.   While speaking Romániço, he thinks in Klingon. parlanto je Romániço   a speaker of Romániço

• -asc-: Conformity:
  lejasca   lawful modasca   fashionable regulasca   regular

• -astr-: Relationship by re-marriage:
  fratrastro   a step-brother maligna matrastro   an evil step-mother

• -at-: Indicates passive action in progress:
  muliero amorata de Milano usche Minsc   a woman loved from Milan to Minsk Amorate, eli ja aprensen multe sopre il vivo.   While being loved, she learned much about life. Rocela, Rocela — internationa amorato   Rochelle, Rochelle — international beloved

• -atari-: Indicates the person or thing indirectly affected by the verb expressed by the root:
  confesatario   a confessor inviatario   a sendee (recipient) parlatario   a person spoken to

• -atc-: Product, deed, result, part:
  pictatco   a painting maestratco   a masterpiece Folatco? Ecuisto es Sparta!!!   Madness? This is Sparta!!!

• -av-: Fractional number:
  sesavo de sua sensuos   a sixth of one’s senses tri cuinavos de humano   three fifths of a man

• -ay-: Place allotted to or characterized by:
  manjayo   a dining room dormayo   a dormitory presidentayo   a presidential palace

• -az-: Of great size:
  nasazo   a honker, very large nose viridaza   deep green amazer   to adore

• -e-: Having the color of:
  rosea   pink violea   violet

• -ébil-: Able to be -ed:
  parlébila artículos   speakable items disposébila pecunio   disposable money fácile lecturébila   easy to read

• -eç-: Begin to, become, come to be:
  rubiecer   to turn red sedecer   to sit down mangecer   to begin eating

• -ed-: Direct object:
  mangedo   food bibedo   a drink dicedo   a saying

• -ef-: Generation, production, secretion:
  florefer   to bloom focilefer   to make guns sudorefer   to sweat

• -ej-: No fixed meaning (verbs):
  curiosejer   to browse literejer   to spell out vestejer   to wear

• -em-: Disposition, tendency:
  credema   credulous dormema   sleepy parlema   talkative

• -end-: Passive obligation:
  paghenda   payable facendos   things to do fidenda hómino   a man to be trusted

• -ens-: Written or spoken in the language of:
  il Anglenso   English Japoniensa películos   films in Japanese Mi ne parlen ghichense.   I don’t speak geek.

• -erí-: Establishment, especially industrial:
  cafeerío   a cafe laverío   a laundry (place) mangerío   an eatery

• -esc-: In the style of; resembling:
  Romanesca   Romanesque Tarantino-esca películo   Tarantino-esque film blavesca   bluish

• -ésim-: Ordinal number:
  la sesésima sensuo   the sixth sense unésime nacinta   first born

• -et-: Of small size:
  caldeta   warm fluvieto   a riverlet beleta   somewhat pretty, cutish dormeter   to nap

• -ez-: To be -ed; makes the action expressed by the root intransitive, but implies no agent:
  Id va videzen che...   It will be seen that... Starbucks trovezen sur omna maledictita strad-ángulo.   Starbucks are found on every damn street corner. Movezen!   Move!

• -i-: Domain under the authority of:
  regio   a kingdom duchio   a duchy parochio   a parish Cristio   Christendom

• -í-: Application of the science, theory, study, or art of:
  geometrío   geometry theologhío   theology chirurghío   surgery

• -içh-: Masculinity:
  boviçho   a bull germaniçho   a brother beliçha picinisto   a hunky poolboy

• -icl-: Tool, implement:
  jochiclo   a toy vehiclo   a vehicle

• -id-: Descendant of:
  regido   a prince Israelido   an Israelite

• -ier-: Holder, stand, sheath:
  candeliero   a candlestick cigaretiero   a cigarette-holder televisoriero   a television stand

• -if-: Cause to do, cause to be:
  salifer   to salify frigidifer   to cool mortifo   a killing

• -ij-: Indicates that the word expressed by the root is used as a tool:
  martelijo   a hammer strike spadijer   to wield a sword remijer   to row

• -int-: Indicates active action that has been completed:
  mortinta cambrisca companiono   a dead roommate Mortinte, ili va ne besonien ecuista CDs.   Having died, he won’t be needing these CDs. Il mortinto en omna caso es nime rígida por funtionifer la ludatoro.   The dead are too stiff to work the player, anyway.

• -is-: Femininity:
  boviso   a cow germaniso   a sister belisa picinisto   a pretty poolgirl

• -isc-: Relating to; concerning; depending on; appropriate to:
  cechisca canino   a seeing eye dog Pushchinisca poetatco   a poem concerning Pushkin nationisca criso   a national emergency

• -ism-: Theory, system, party:
  Cristianismo   Christianity Darwinismo   Darwinism socialismo   socialism

• -ist-: Professional; enthusiastic amateur; adherent, partisan:
  fotografisto   a photographer motorcicletisto   a motorcyclist comunisto   a communist

• -it-: Indicates passive action that has been completed:
  detransferita músico   downloaded music Detransferite, la músico transferezen ad mea iPod.   Once downloaded, the music is transferred to my iPod. Ecuista fiçheruyo es mere por detransferitos.   This folder is for downloads only.

• -iti-: Indicates quality or condition:
  amichitio   friendship richitio   wealth captititio   captivity

• -iv-: Capability:
  instructiva libro   an instructive book Ili creden che ili es nemortiva.   He thinks he is immortal. paghiva cliento   a customer who can pay

• -iz-: Application:
  luminizer   to illuminate colorizer   to add color to, to colorize salizer   to salt

• -oid-: (technical) Indicates an animal belonging to a higher taxon ending in -oidea; resemblance:
  humanoido   a humanoid romboido   a rhomboid

• -ol-: Young of:
  rejolo   a princeling catolo   a kitten

• -op-: In groups of:
  duope   Two by two triopo   a pack of three

• -opl-: Multiple of:
  duople   doubly triopla   triple

• -os-: Having:
  joyosa   joyous logicosa   logical corajoso   a courageous person

• -uçh-: Moral inferiority:
  parluçher   to talk dirty magazinuçho   a dirty magazine combatuçher   to fight dirty

• -uci-: Endearing suffix:
  matrucio   mom, mommy cabalucio   a horsey belucia   cute Micucio   Mikey

• -ud-: Having a big:
  mamuda   busty auriculuda   big-eared

• -um-: No fixed meaning (for non-verbs):
  mediumo   a medium auriculumo   an earring

• -unt-: Indicates active action that is about to occur:
  rochiunta hómino   a man about to rock Rochiunte por la unésima témporo, ili súbite ja deben urinefer.   About to rock for the first time, he suddenly had to pee. Ad la rochiuntos: nos saluten vos!   For those about to rock, we salute you!

• -ut-: Indicates passive action that is about to occur:
  inganuta famoso   a celebrity about to be punk’d Il vivo es continua joco inter la inganistos et la inganutos.   Life is a constant game between the punkers and the about-to-be-punk’d.

• -uy-: Container, receptacle:
  lapiduyo   a pencil box cuchiuyo   a cookie jar

• -a: That which is (or is composed of) the thing expressed by the root:
  aura statuo   a statue made of gold reja personos   royal persons dua motoro   a dual engine

• -e: Adverb:
  rápide   quickly avione   by plane Lundie   on Mondays

• -em: Addition:
  centem-un   a hundred and one decem-duo   a dozen decem-duavo   a twelfth part

• -en: Tenseless verb:
  Id es[en] bona dio por pendejo.   It’s a fine day for a hangin’. Mi ja venen, mi ja viden, mi ja vincen.   I came, I saw, I conquered. Ci va es nula jurneço por il humanos.   There will be no dawn for men.

• -er: Infinitive:
  Erorer es hominesca, perdoner es deesca.   To err is human, to forgive is divine. Eli ne sapen facer Webpágino.   She doesn’t know how to make a webpage. ne scatbordijer   no skateboarding

  NOTE: The suffix -ar is an earlier form of -er, and may still be in use by some.

• -iliard: A thousand times a million to the power expressed by the root:
  duiliard   quadrillion triiliard   sextillion

• -ilion: A million to the power expressed by the root:
  duilion   trillion triilion   quintillion

• -in: Past tense:
  Id esin bona dio por pendejo.   It was a fine day for a hangin’. Mi venin, mi vidin, mi vincin.   I came, I saw, I conquered. Ci esin nula jurneço por il humanos.   There was no dawn for men.

• -o: Noun:
  facturo   a bill pago   a payment páupero   a pauper

• -s: Plural:
  avionos, trainos, et automóbilos   planes, trains, and automobiles inimicos di la stato   enemies of the state

• -un: Future tense:
  Id esun bona dio por pendejo.   It will be a fine day for a hangin’. Mi venun, mi vidun, mi vinçun.   I will come, I will see, I will conquer. Ci esun nula jurneço por il humanos.   There will be no dawn for men.