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The suffix to nominalize adjectives is ''-(ó)bro'', deriving from the word for "color". A suffix ''-ry'', from the word for "slice", is attached to some words with a diminutive meaning, but it is not very productive in the modern language. | The suffix to nominalize adjectives is ''-(ó)bro'', deriving from the word for "color". A suffix ''-ry'', from the word for "slice", is attached to some words with a diminutive meaning, but it is not very productive in the modern language. | ||
Ewige also possesses several affixes to derive verbs from nouns and adjectives: | |||
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! Affix | |||
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| To perform an action related to X | |||
| ''-(ó)batpé'' (from the Russian ''-ovat'') | |||
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| To turn something into X, or to make it more X | |||
| ''-(y)hérbé'' (from an old word meaning "to transform",<br>specifically under a magical curse) | |||
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| To be like X, or to evoke X | |||
| ''-(y)přémé'' (from an old word meaning "to agree with" or "to resemble") | |||
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| To provide X to someone<br>(usually, but not always, with a benevolent meaning) | |||
| ''-(y)jápé'' (from an old word meaning "to allocate") | |||
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