Saturday, 14 June 2008

Mëleo ~ Affixes, Articles & Particles

Suffixes:
  • -is :: noun, adjective - neuter gender; verb -> noun (to snow -> snow)
  • -eo :: noun, adjective - masculine gender
  • -e :: noun, adjective - feminine gender
  • -i :: adverb
  • -eδeo :: inhabitant
  • -leo :: language
  • -ma :: country

Prefixes:

  • aci- :: smaller, weaker
  • mil- :: bigger, more powerful
  • agër- :: a part of (θēris = archive / agërθēris = document)

Other affixes:

  • sas- ~ -is :: verb -> noun (to snow -> snowing)
  • -ë- :: noun -> adjective
  • -ër- :: opposite
  • -āul- :: verb -> adjective
  • -ūm- :: almost (θοseo = island / θosūmos = peninsula); ca.
  • -za- :: result (caeo = dog / cazaeo = puppy)

Particles/Articles:

  • e ~ :: polite, showing respect or honour
  • ~ :: asking, marking a question
  • a ~ :: something close
  • o ~ :: ordinal numbers
  • ēl :: confirmation (sure?)
  • ~ δon :: definite article, masculine
  • ~ δen :: definite article, feminine
  • ~ δin :: definite article, neuter
  • ro ~ :: plural article, masculine
  • re ~ :: plural article, feminine
  • ri ~ :: plural article, neuter

2 comments:

iskdīn said...

This is gonna turn out Greek! LOL
good work! You're smart! I see you know quite a lot about Greek phonology despite your little knowledge of the actual language.

All your nouns end in 'o'? You know in Greek dictionaries, all the verbs end in '-o'. When I was reading through them I thought they were verbs meaning 'I do something'. :P

iskdīn said...

For some reason my last comment went under the Affixes post :S. It was intended to be for the noun list.

Some nouns end in '-s'... just found out.