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Esperanto - Suffixes
The 31 Esperanto Suffixes
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Undergraduate 1
06/09/2008

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Term
-aĉ-
Definition
bad (in principle referring to quality)

domo = house domaĉo = hovel
Term
-ad-
Definition
continuous or repeated action

kanti = to sing kantado = singing
Term
-aĵ-
Definition
something concrete, specific

alta - high altaĵo - a height (highland, etc.)
Term
-an-
Definition
member

Kristo - Christ kristano - Christian
Term
-ar-
Definition
many taken as a whole

arbo - tree arbaro - forest
Term
-ĉj-
Definition
forms familiar form of male names (after 2-5 letters of the name)

patro - father paĉjo - Dad
Term
-ebl-
Definition
can be done

legi - to read legebla - legible
Term
-ec-
Definition
quality as an abstract

rapida - fast rapideco - speed
Term
-eg-
Definition
very large; very strongly

varma - warm varmega - hot
Term
-ej-
Definition
place

kuiri - cook kuirejo - kitchen
Term
-em-
Definition
inclination or tendency

dormi - to sleep dormema - sleepy
Term
-end-
Definition
must be done

legi - to read legenda - must be read
Term
-er-
Definition
fragment, one of many similar pieces

sablo - sand sablero - grain of sand
Term
-estr-
Definition
person who guides, rules, presides

lernejo - school lernejestro - principal/head teacher
Term
-et-
Definition
very small; very weakly

varma - warm varmeta - lukewarm
Term
-id-
Definition
offspring

hundo - dog hundido - puppy
Term
-ig-
Definition
cause something to be

labori - to work laborigi - to put someone to work
Term
-iĝ-
Definition
become

ruĝa - red ruĝiĝi - to blush
Term
-il-
Definition
instrument, tool

tranĉi - to cut tranĉilo - knife
Term
-in-
Definition
indicates female sex

knabo - boy knabino - girl
Term
-ind-
Definition
good to do, worthy of
legi - to read leginda - worth reading
Term
-ing-
Definition
a holder into which something is inserted

glavo - sword glavingo - scabbard
Term
-ism-
Definition
way of thought, belief system

kristano - Christian kristanismo - Christianity
Term
-ist-
Definition
practitioner of a profession, continued hobby or way of thinking

labori - to work laboristo - worker
Term
-nj-
Definition
forms familiar form of female names (after 2-5 letters of the name)

patrino - mother panjo - Mom
Term
-obl-
Definition
multiplication; times

du - two duoblo - double
Term
-on-
Definition
fraction

du - two duono - half
Term
-op-
Definition
group of

du - two duope - in a pair
Term
-uj-
Definition
container

mono - money monujo - wallet, change purse
Term
-ul-
Definition
person

juna - young junulo - a youth
Term
-um-
Definition
indefinite relation

komuna - common komunumo - community
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