Affixes Flashcards
-aĉ-
negative affect or a poor opinion of the object or action; makes the word derogatory
-aĵ-
a concrete manifestation
-ano
a member, follower, participant, inhabitant
-ar-
a collective group without specific number
-ĉjo
masculine affectionate form; the root is truncated
-ebl-
possible, “-able”
-ec-
an abstract quality, “-ness”
-eg-
augmentative; biggens or intensifies the word
-ejo
a place characterized by the root word
-ema
having a propensity or tendency towards an action
-end-
mandatory
-ero
the smallest part
-estr-
a leader, boss
-et-
diminutive
-iĉo
male (unofficial, neologism)
-ido
an offspring, young (of an animal)
-igi
to make, to cause (transitivizer/causative)
-iĝ-
to become (intransitivizer/inchoative/middle voice)
-ilo
an instrument
-in-
female
-inda
worthy of
-ing-
a holder, sheath
-ist-
someone who professionally, continually or preferably occupies themselves with an activity, or an adept or supporter of an idea.
-it-
passive past participle; the past tense of the root word.
-njo
feminine affectionate form; the root is shortened
-obl-
multiplication by the root number
-on-
fraction
-op-
in a collective group of specific number
-ujo
a container, country, a tree of a certain fruit
-ul-
one characterized by the root
-um-
undefined ad hoc suffix when no other suffix is appropriate (use sparingly)
bo-
relation by marriage, -in-law
dis-
separation, scattering
ek-
beginning, sudden, or momentary action (often perfective)
eks-
former, ex-
fi-
shameful, nasty, disgusting, filthy
ge-
both sexes together
mal-
exact opposite of the root word
mis-
incorrectly, awry
pra-
great-(grand-), primordial, primitive, proto-
re-
over again, back again
