Talossan suffixes are added to “stems” of words, which are determined according to the following rules.
If the suffix begins with a consonant (for example, -cada), the full word is the stem.
Otherwise, if the word ends in…
a consonant, or in the stressed ending -éu, the full word itself is the stem (for example: päts, naziun, traval, çéu).
a stressed vowel (for example, pà, itrì, comunistà), the stem is formed by adding the letter -n (making pan-, itrin-, comunistan-).
an unstressed vowel or vowels, the stem is formed by removing that vowel or those vowels (for example, the stem of gascota is gascot-, that of óspila is óspil-). Note cases when the letters i and u are pronounced as consonants; in these cases, they are not removed from a stem (for example, the stem of doua is dou- and that of ziua is ziu-). Also, in words ending in -ia (or -ía) the -i- is retained (for example, the stem of leituría is leituri-).
Some common Talossan suffixes are listed below with their English meanings:
-a = resulting object or resulting action (from verbs)
-ada = product made from; an ongoing action; a stroke or thrust, usually with a cutting or pointed instrument; also the wound left by such a blow; quantity that fills something; quantity determined by the nature of the action
-adeireu = place
-adoira = machine
-aglha = group or pile with sense of disorder or ill
-amaintsch = verbal noun expressing or characterised by a single action of the verb
-arac’h = naturally occurring group
-ard = bad person
-arieu = place where a thing is kept; recipient of a transaction (-ee); book, bound collection, printed matter
-atíu = -(at)ive, inclination to, capacity for
-atréu, having the feminine form -atréa = having same or similar qualities or appearance
-atsch = bad person, animal, or thing
-attä = -less, without
-atx = object or thing made from or having the quality of; collection, set, with a sense of order
-aval = ability
-aziun = verbal noun of action
-buerg = town, city of, -burg
-cada = series, row, line
-destreça = skill
-eir = doer of an action
-ell = young animal
-ería = business or place of business; goods sold
-eríe = feature of character
-esc, having the femine form -easca = -ish, -like, -esque
-escharh = forms a verb meaning beginning, becoming
-escu = patronymic, son of, -son
-et having the feminine form -eta = small, diminutive
-ia region or place of
-içarh = -ize, to make into, transform, render
-ificarh = -ify, to cover, supply, or furnish with
-iform = shaped like
-istà = -ist, partisan or professional
-ità = abstract quality, -ity, -ness
-itis = -itis, inflammation, disease
-värts = toward
-ismeu = -ism, ideology, system
-ófil = one characterised by -ofília
-ofilia = love or interest, often excessive
-ofob = one who fears or hates
-ofobia = fear, hatred
-oira = article that contains
-olateir = one who worships
-olatria = worship
-omania = insane excitement, madness
-omániäc = one suffering from an -omania
-(o)nça = abstract quality characterised by an action
-ös = full of, rich in, characterised by, -ous
-ósis = disease, disorder
-oteca = place where things are collected and stored
-otic = diseased by an -ósis
-p(h)äts = domain, realm, country
-sqab = office, legal duties
-üc = charming and small
-üt = -ite, follower or descendant; characterisation by a physical feature
Numerical Suffixes
When a number is suffixed, it often retains its full value (that is, the full word is the stem), or takes a slightly modified form. This is seen in the examples dueta, douaplicarh, and quartet, below.
-aina is used to form a collective noun [dudeschaina is a group of twelve, tresaina is a threesome]
-et, having the feminine form -eta is used to indicate group of people [quartet is a quartet, dueta is a duet of females]
-föld is used like the English suffix -fold, increase [tresföld is threefold, sexföld is six-fold]
-plet is used to indicate a number of siblings [douaplet is a twin, tresplet a triplet, and viensplet is an only-begotten]
-plicarh forms a verb meaning multiplication [douaplicarh is to double, tresplicarh is to triple]
