Affixes

In order to reduce the number of words one would have to learn in order to speak the language, much of Romániço’s vocabulary is composed of a comparatively small stock of root words that can be combined with an even smaller group of familiar affixes to create new words as needed:

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Prefixes

• ante-: Before; “great”:

  antedicer	to predict
  anteadulteçanto	preadolescent, “tween”
  antehere	on the day before yesterday
  anteaviolo	great grandparent

• anti-: (technical) Opposed to; preventing; reversing or undoing; the opposite state of matter of; acting as rival to; unlike the conventional form of:

  antimísilo	antimissile
  antibacteria	antibacterial
  antigrávito	antigravity
  anticlímaço	anticlimax
  antimaterio	antimatter
  anticristo	antichrist
  antiheroo	antihero

  NOTE: In the role of “opposed to” and “against”, anti- is often replaced by the preposition contre.

• archi-: Chief; principal; preeminent of its kind:

  archiángelo	archangel
  archicriministo	archvillain

• autó-: (technical) Self-; one’s own; by oneself:

  autohipnoso	act of autohypnosis
  autoerotichismo	autoeroticism
  autoenfocalifatro	autofocus

• bi-: (technical) Twice; double; on both sides; having two; two together:

  bipinata	bipinnate
  biconvexa	biconvex
  bipeda	bipedal
  bilinguaġa	bilingual

• co-: (technical) Complement of:

  coresponder	to correspond
  corelativo	correlative

• des-: The opposite of. This prefix is especially handy for creating ad hoc words for which one does not know the standard form:

  desinfecter	to disinfect
  desfácila	difficult
  desbona	bad
  descluder	to open
  desmanger	to vomit

• dis-: Separation, dispersion:

  disdoner	to deal out
  disvastecer	to diffuse

• ecui-: (technical) Equal:

  ecuilátera	equilateral
  ecuidistanta	equidistant

• ex-: Former:

  expresidento	ex-president
  exsponsaso	ex-husband

• intre-: Mutually, reciprocally:

  intrecambier	to exchange, swap
  intremariter	to intermarry

• mis-: Badly, incorrectly:

  misuser	to misuse
  miscomprenser	to misunderstand
  miscalculer	to miscalculate

• monó-: (technical) One:

  monótono	monotone
  monosílabo	monosyllable

• ne-: Not, non-:

  neposíbila	impossible
  neyusta	unjust
  nemobilifer	to immobilize

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

  cuatra neblondisos	four non-blondes
  cuatra desblondisos	four brunettes

• par-: Completely and utterly:

  parlecturer	to read from cover to cover
  par-aprenser	to learn by heart

• para-: Indicates protection against:

  paracado	parachute
  parafango	mudflap
  parapluvo	umbrella

• pseudo-: Not genuine:

  pseudocientio	pseudo-science
  pseudointelectoso	pseudo-intellectual

• retro-: Indicates action that is directed backward:

  retrovader	to return
  retroactiva	retroactive

• ri-: Once more; again; back to a previous state:

  rifacer	to redo
  rilecturer	to re-read
  riscriber	to rewrite

• semi-: Half:

  semicludita	half-closed
  semimortinta	half-dead
  semifratro	half-brother

• sor-: Better, to greater degree, out-:

  sorcurer	to outrun
  sordurationer	to outlast
  sorexpenser	to outspend

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Suffixes

• ´-ac-: Suffering from:

  cancéraco	cancer victim
  maníaco	maniac

• -aċ-: Of low quality:

  belaċa	tawdry
  automobilaċo	jalopy
  scribaċer	to scrawl

• -ad-: Prolonged, continuous, or repetitive action; a group of things of the same type:

  Il studadan Cuendenso.	He’s been studying Quenya.
  El despantalonizadin sua fratro.	She kept pantsing her brother.
  foliado	foliage
  la Britaniana navado	the British navy
  balaustrado	balustrade

• -aj-: Product, deed, result, part:

  pictajo	painting
  magistrajo	masterpiece
  Folajo? Ecce Sparta!!!	Madness? This is Sparta!!!

• -al-: (after units of time) Occurring on every:

  anuala	annual
  mensale	monthly
  dialo	daily

• -an-: Having membership in the country, city, domain, class, or group of:

  Canadano	Canadian
  Americana muliero	American woman
  politiano	policeman
  Cristiano	Christian

• -and-: Worthy of, deserving of:

  laudanda	praise-worthy
  asasiniando	person who ought to be murdered
  spongianda	sponge-worthy
  on pugnijanda facio	a punchable face

• -ant-: Indicates active action in progress:

  hómino paraulanta Romániço	man speaking Romániço
  Paraulante Romániço, il pensan Clingonense.	While speaking Romániço, he thinks in Klingon.
  paraulanto je Romániço	speaker of Romániço

• -as-: Masculinity:

  bovaso	bull
  germanaso	brother
  belasa picinisto	hunky poolboy

• -asc-: Conformity:

  leġasca	lawful
  modasca	fashionable
  regulasca	regular

• -astr-: Relationship by re-marriage:

  fratrastro	step-brother
  maligna matrastro	evil step-mother

• -at-: Indicates passive action in progress:

  on muliero amorata de Milano usche Minsk	a woman loved from Milan to Minsk
  Amorate, el aprensin multe sopre le 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	confessor
  inviatario	sendee (recipient)
  paraulatario	person spoken to

• -atr-: Tool, implement:

  jocatro	toy
  vehatro	vehicle

• -ay-: Place allotted to or characterized by:

  manġayo	dining room
  dormayo	dormitory
  presidentayo	presidential palace

• -az-: Augmentation of size or intensity, usually with some specialization of the idea contained in the root:

  nasazo	honker, very large nose
  viridaza	deep green
  amazer	to adore

• -e-: Having the color of:

  rosea	pink
  violea	violet

• -ébil-: Able to be -ed:

  paraulébila artículos	speakable items
  disposébila pecunio	disposable money
  fácile lecturébila	easy to read

• -eç-: Begin to, become, come to be:

  rubeecer	to turn red
  sedecer	to sit down
  mangecer	to begin eating

• -eċ-: Indicates furtiveness, secretiveness, concealment:

  vadeċer	to sneak
  pagheċe	under the table
  bomb-avioneċo	stealth bomber

• -ed-: Direct object:

  mangedo	food
  bibedo	drink
  dicedo	saying

• -edor-: Agent:

  Ad la vincedoro la despoliajo.	To the victor go the spoils.
  La dormedoro deban evigilezer!	The sleeper must awaken!
  parv-cerebra tergedoros je la pugos di álteros	tiny-brained wipers of other people’s bottoms

• -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
  paraulema	talkative

• -en-: In groups of:

  duene	two by two
  trieno	round of three

• -enari-: Consisting of x elements; (math) having x as a base:

  cuatrenaria	quaternary
  decenaria	decenary

• -end-: Passive obligation:

  paghenda	payable
  facendos	things to do
  fidenda hómino	man to be trusted

• -ens-: Language of:

  Anglenso	English
  Japoniensa filmos	films in Japanese
  Mi no paraulan ghichense.	I don’t speak geek.

• -erí-: Establishment, especially industrial:

  cafeerío	café
  laverío	laundry (place)
  mangerío	eatery

• -esc-: In the style of; resembling:

  Romanesca	Romanesque
  Tarantino-esca filmo	Tarantino-esque film
  blavesca	bluish

• -ésim-: Ordinal number:

  la sesésima sensuo	the sixth sense
  unésime nacinta	first born

• -et-: Diminishment of size or intensity, usually with some specialization of the idea contained in the root:

  caldeta	lukewarm
  fluvieto	riverlet
  beleta	somewhat pretty, cutish
  dormeter	to nap

• -ez-: To be -ed; makes the action expressed by the root intransitive, but implies no agent:

  lo videzun che...	It will be seen that...
  Starbucks trovezan sur omna maledictita strad-ángulo.	Starbucks are found on every damn street corner.
  Movezes!	Move!

• -i-: Domain under the authority of:

  regio	kingdom
  duchio	duchy
  Anglia	England
  Cristia	Christendom

• -í-: Practice of the science, theory, study, art or role of the person that does this work:

  geometrío	geometry
  theologhío	theology
  chirurghío	surgery

• ´-id-: Descendant of:

  régido	prince
  Israélido	Israelite
  Vladímiro Vladimírido Putin	Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

• -ier-: Holder, stand, sheath:

  candeliero	candlestick
  cigaretiero	cigarette-holder
  televidatriero	television stand

• -if-: Cause to do, cause to be:

  salifer	to salify
  frigidifer	to cool
  mortifo	killing

• -ífer-: By nature bearing, producing, yielding, containing:

  pestífera	pestiferous
  pomífero	apple tree
  mamífero	mammal

• -íger-: Carrying, wearing, holding:

  leterígero	letter carrier
  anelígero	ring-bearer
  coriaceígero	cuirassier

• -ij-: Indicates that the word expressed by the root is used as a tool:

  martelijo	hammer strike
  spathijer	to wield a sword
  remijer	to row

• -(i)liard-: A thousand times a million to the power expressed by the root:

  duliarda	quadrillion
  triliarda	sextillion

• -(i)lion-: A million to the power expressed by the root:

  duliona	trillion
  triliona	quintillion

• ´-im-: Fractional number:

  una sésimo de sua sensuos	a sixth of one’s senses
  tria cínchimos de on humano	three fifths of a man

• -int-: Indicates active action that has been completed:

  mortinta cambrisca companiono	dead roommate
  Mortinte, il no besoniun ecuista CDs.	Having died, he won’t be needing these CDs.
  Mortintos en omna caso es nim rígida por funtionifer la ludatro.	The dead are too stiff to work the player, anyway.

• -is-: Femininity:

  boviso	cow
  germaniso	sister
  belisa picinisto	pretty poolgirl

• -isc-: Relating to; concerning; depending on; appropriate to:

  cechisca canículo	seeing eye dog
  Pushchinisca poetajo	poem concerning Pushkin
  nationisca criso	national emergency

• -ism-: Theory, system, party:

  Cristianismo	Christianity
  Darwinismo	Darwinism
  socialismo	socialism

• -ist-: Professional; enthusiastic amateur; adherent, partisan; habitual doer:

  furtisto	thief
  motocicletisto	motorcyclist
  comunisto	communist

• -it-: Indicates passive action that has been completed:

  Detransferita músico	downloaded music
  Detransferite, la músico transferezan ad mea iPod.	Once downloaded, the music is transferred to my iPod.
  Ecuista figicuyo es mere por detransferitos.	This folder is for downloaded files only.

• -iti-: Indicates quality or condition:

  amichitio	friendship
  richitio	wealth
  captititio	captivity

• -iv-: Capability:

  instructiva libro	instructive book
  Il credan che il es nemortiva.	He thinks he is immortal.
  paghiva cliento	customer who can pay

• -iz-: To supply with, provide with, ornament with:

  luminizer	to illuminate
  colorizer	to add color to, to colorize
  salizer	to salt

• -oci-: Of high quality:

  carnocio	quality meat
  personocio	mensch
  scribocier	to write with a fair hand

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

  humanoido	humanoid
  romboido	rhomboid

• -ol-: Young of:

  reġolo	princeling
  catolo	kitten

• -ond-: Passive intent, purpose:

  vendonda	for sale
  locatarionda	for rent
  adoptonda	for adoption

• -os-: Characterized by:

  joyosa	joyous
  intelectosa	intellectual
  coraġoso	courageous person

• -uċ-: Moral inferiority:

  parauluċer	to talk dirty
  magazinuċo	dirty magazine
  combatuċer	to fight dirty

• -uci-: Endearing suffix:

  matrucio	mom, mommy
  cabalucio	horsey
  belucia	cute
  Micucio	Mikey

• -ud-: Having a big:

  mamuda	busty
  auriculuda	big-eared

• -um-: No fixed meaning (for non-verbs):

  mediumo	medium
  auriculumo	earring

• -unt-: Indicates active action that is about to occur:

  rockiunta hómino	man about to rock
  Rockiunte ye la unésima veço, il neoportune desíderin urinefer.	About to rock for the first time, he inconveniently had to pee.
  Ad la rockiuntos: nos salutan vos!	For those about to rock, we salute you!

• ´-(u)pl-: Multiple of:

  duple	doubly
  óctupla	octuple

• -ut-: Indicates passive action that is about to occur:

  mistificuta famoso	celebrity about to be punk’d
  Vivo es continua joco inter la mistificantos et la mistificutos.	Life is a constant game between the punkers and the about-to-be-punk’d.

• -uy-: Container, receptacle:

  lapiduyo	pencil box
  cuchiuyo	cookie jar

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Desinences

• -a: That which is (or is composed of) the thing expressed by the root:

  aura statuo	statue made of gold
  reġa personos	royal persons

• -an: Present tense:

  Lo es[an] on bona dio por on pendejo.	It’s a fine day for a hangin’.
  Mi venan, mi vidan, mi vinçan.	I come, I see, I conquer.
  Ci es[an] nula jurneço por le humanos.	There is no dawn for men.

• -e: Adverb:

  rápide	quickly
  avione	by plane
  Lun-die	on Mondays

• -en: Tenseless verb:

  Lo es[en] on bona dio por on pendejo.	It’s a fine day for a hangin’.
  Ja mi venen, mi viden, mi vincen.	I came, I saw, I conquered.
  Ci va es nula jurneço por le humanos.	There will be no dawn for men.

• -er: Infinitive:

  Erorer es humanesca, pardoner es deesca.	To err is human, to forgive is divine.
  El no sapan facer on Webpágino.	She doesn’t know how to make a webpage.
  no scatbordijer	no skateboarding

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

• -es: Imperative mood:

  Lo eses on bona dio por on pendejo!	May it be a fine day for a hangin’!
  Mi venes, mi vides, mi vinces!	May I come, may I see, may I conquer!
  Ci eses nula jurneço por le humanos!	Let there be no dawn for men!

• -in: Past tense:

  Lo esin on bona dio por on 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 le humanos.	There was no dawn for men.

• -o: Noun:

  facturo	bill
  pago	payment
  páupero	pauper

• -s: Plural:

  avionos, trainos, et automóbilos	planes, trains, and automobiles
  inimicos di la stato	enemies of the state

• -t: Archaic verbal ending; -eth:

  dicin la corvo	said the raven
  dicint la corvo	quoth the raven

• -un: Future tense:

  Lo esun on bona dio por on 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 le humanos.	There will be no dawn for men.

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