From län, country, -än as a termination for names of countries or states.
Cinän, China. | Bayän, Bavaria. | Lusän, Russia. |
From düp, hour, -üp as a termination for a portion of time.
Tidüp, a lesson (teaching time).
Kiüp ? when? at what time ?
Patüp, the present tense.
Yelüp, the course of a year.
From top, place,
(1) -op, for the divisions of the earth.
Yulop, Europe. | Silop, Asia. |
Fikop, Africa. | Melop, America. |
Talop, Australia. |
(2) -öp, for a place.
Kiöp ? where?
Malädöp, a hospital.
The following endings have no meaning, exccpt in composition:
-el, -er ; one who does, a person.
Mekel, a maker; from mekön, to make.
Datuvel, discoverer, from datuv, discovering.
Tidel, teacher.
This ending occurs very frequently. It denotes also an inhabitant or a country.
Melopel, an American. | Nelijel, Englishman. |
Deutel, a German. | Flentel, Frenchman. |
-al and -an also refer to persons. Al implies dignity or superiority.
-ef is a collection or persons; em, of things.
-en is an establishment for a trade (-ery).
-af, names or animals ; -it, of birds; -in, of substances.
-ip, diseases; -öm, apparatus; -av, sciences.
-äl, -am, -öf, abstract nouns ; äl, character; -am, action; -öf, quality, or state.
-il, diminutiv; -et, -kin, -ling; domil, a little house; ganil, gosling.