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The suffix is often diminutive.
auc, _a gander_.
aucat, _gosling_.
pa.s.sero, _sparrow_.
pa.s.serat, _small sparrow_.
-au, -alo.
This is the form of the widely used suffix -al. Mistral uses paternau for _paternal_, and also the adjective formed upon paire, _father_, peirenau, peirenalo, _fatherly_.
bourg, _city_.
bourgau, bourgalo, _civil_.
-edo (fem.).
pin, _pine_.
pinedo, _pine-grove_.
clapo, _stone_.
claparedo, _stony plain_.
oulivo, _olive_.
oulivaredo, _olive-orchard_.
-eire, -erello.
This suffix corresponds to the suffix -aire, mentioned above. It is appended to the stem of verbs not of the first conjugation.
courre, _to run_.
courreire, courerello, _runner_.
legi, _to read_.
legeire, legerello, _reader_.
-eja.
This is an exceedingly common verb-suffix, corresponding to the Italian -eggiare.
toumbareu, _kind of cart_.
toumbaraleja, _to cart_.
farandolo, _farandole_.
farandouleja, _to dance the farandole_.
poutoun, _kiss_.
poutouneja, _to kiss_.
poumpoun, _caress_.
poumpouneja, _to caress_.
segnour, _lord_.
segnoureja, _to lord it over_.
mistral, _wind of the Rhone valley_.
mistraleja, _to roar like the mistral_.
poudro, _powder_.
poudreja, _to fire a gun_.
clar, _bright_.
clareja, _to brighten_.
-en (masc.), -enco (fem.).
This is a common adjective-suffix.
souleu, _sun_.
souleien, souleienco, _sunny_.
mai, _May_.
maien, maienco, _relating to May_.
Madaleno, _Magdalen_.
madalenen, madalenenco, _like Magdalen_.
-es (masc.), -esso (fem.).
This suffix corresponds to the French -ais, -aise. Liounes = lyonnais.
-et (masc.), -eto (fem.).
This is perhaps the commonest of the diminutive suffixes.
ome, _man_.
oumenet, _little man_.
fiho, _daughter_.
fiheto, _dear daughter_.
enfan, _child_.
enfantounet, _little child_.
vent, _wind_.
ventoulet, _breeze_.
toumba, _to fall_.
toumbaraleto, _little leaps_.
chato, _girl_.
chatouneto, _little girl_ malaut, _ill_.
malautounet, _sickly_.
It will be observed that the double diminutive termination is the most frequent.
Sometimes the -et is not diminutive. _ouliveto_ may mean a small olive or a field planted with olives.
-eu (masc.), -ello (fem.).
