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Suffixes always follow
hyphenets (half-length hyphens), and always adhere to their unique meaning.
Word-endings, by contrast, are added to root words without hyphens,
word-endings' meanings vary.
The spelling and pronunciation of the root word does not change after
adding a prefix or suffix.
Below, a complete list of
Peoplese suffixes.
Far left column in Alike English (AE); far right
column is Sound Spell Same (SSS).
Suffix (AE)
|
Meaning |
AE Examples | Sufix {SSS) |
-abelity
|
ability to
|
change۔ability, climb۔ability | -abelitē |
| -able |
[adjective] able to
|
change-able, climb-able | -abel |
| -ably |
[adverb] able to
|
deny-ably, enjoy-ably | -ablē |
| -alike |
alike root word
|
child-alike, beetle-alike | -alīk |
| -alikeness |
alike, similar to
|
God-alikeness,
child-alikeness | ۔akīknes |
| -bottom |
lowest location
|
river-bottom | -botom |
| -bound |
motion in direction of
|
north-bound, Paris-bound | -bownd |
| -by |
indicates
modifier of an adjective
|
slight-by small-er town
| -bī |
-clad
|
clothed
|
uniform-clad, iron-clad
|
-klad |
| -crest |
crest
|
hill-crest, wave-crest | -krest |
| -d |
past
tense indicator
|
tell-d,
live-d, want-d, risk-d
| -d |
| -dom |
domain
|
dog-dom, serf-dom, king-dom | -dom |
-eer, -eert, -eerm
|
refers to one
who is acted upon |
fraud۔eer,
murder۔eert
| -ēr |
| -er |
comparitively more than root adj.
|
green-er, soon-er, high-er | -er
|
| -ese |
language
associated with root
|
China-ese,
England-ese | -ses |
| -eth |
changes cardinal to
ordinal number |
seven-eth, four-eth,
thirty-eth |
-eθ |
| -est |
superlatively more than root adj.
|
green-est, soon-est, high-est | -est |
-et (plural: -ets)
|
small size of root noun
|
nation-et, island-et, truck-ets | -ēt / -ēts |
-fellor / -orm
/ ort
|
somebody in
the same group
|
room-fellor
| -felōr |
| -fest |
gathering
of root word type
|
love-fest,
music-fest, talk-fest | -fest |
| -fold |
multiplied by root number
|
four-fold, many-fold, 78-fold | -fōld
|
| -front |
in front of root noun
|
lake-front, cabinet-front | -front
|
-ful, -fuls
|
root filled to quantitative capacity
|
truck-ful, basket-fuls
| -ful
|
| -high |
root noun height
|
knee-high stool | -hī
|
| -hood |
state of root noun
|
nation-hood, kitten-hood | -hōod
|
-in,-ins
|
converts
"ing"-ending verb to gerund
|
sing-in, work-in, build-in, say-in | -in
|
-inlaw, inlaws
|
inlaw (related by marriage)
|
mother-inlaw, son-inlaws
|
-inlo
|
-ish, -ishly, ishness
|
resembling (more different than "-alike")
|
boy-ish, yellow-ish, fool-ishly | -ish, -ishlē
|
-ity, -itys
|
that which is root-word
|
sincere-ity, conform-ity
|
-itē |
-ize, -ized, -izing
|
to make root-word
|
style-ize, analogy-ize
|
-īz, -īzd, -īzing |
| -īzation |
the process of becoming root-word
|
crystal-ization
|
-īzun |
-ji
|
root-noun endearment suffix
|
|
-ji
|
-lady, -ladys
|
lady
|
sales9ladys
|
-lady
|
| -land |
land
|
marsh-land, flat-lands |
-land
|
| -length |
length
|
ankle-length dress | -lenθ
|
-less, -lessby,
-lessly, -lessness
|
without
|
hair-less, mercy-less, noise-lessly need-lessby cautious, self-lessness
| -les
|
| -let |
young (animal)
|
pig-let, giraffe-let
|
-let |
-load, -loads
|
root word load
|
truck-load, wagon-loads | -lōd
|
| -long |
quantitative length |
two-meters-long cart | -long
|
| -ly |
converts root-word to adverb |
slow-ly, grim-ly, guilt-ly | -lē
|
| -man |
man
|
boat-man, snow-mans | -man
|
| -ness |
converts root-word to noun
|
sturdy-ness, drab-ness | -nes
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-or, -ors, -orm, -orms, -ort, -orts
|
one who + root-word
|
farm-or (who who farms), sing-orms (girls or women who sing)
|
-ōr, -ōrs, -ōrm, -ōrt |
-plus
|
plus
|
twenty-plus (somewhat more than 20)
|
-plus |
| -proof |
impervious to root-word
|
bullet-proof, rust-proof
| -prūf
|
| -rear |
rear
|
house-rear, car-rear | -rēr
|
| -shape |
shape of root-word
|
egg-shape
| -ʃāp
|
| -side |
side of root-noun
|
river-side | -sīd
|
| -siteplace |
site of root noun
|
picnic-siteplace | -sītplās
|
| -size |
size of root noun
|
head-sized ball | -sīz
|
| -span |
root word span
|
wing-span, time-span | -span
|
| -style |
root word style
|
1920s-style hairs-style | -stīl
|
| -t |
indicates passive verb or adjective
|
The book wuz
write۔t by he.
Please clean the spill۔t milk.
| -t
|
| -tall |
tall |
giraffe-tall tree | -tal
|
| -term |
term (period of time)
|
long-term | -term
|
-time, -times
|
time period for something
|
dinner-time, meal-times, any-time, summer-time
| -tīm |
| -top |
top
|
desk-top, hill-top | -top
|
| -ward |
in the direction of
|
north-ward, Mars-ward, rear-ward | -ward
|
-wear
|
clothes (what people wear)
|
rain-wear, ski-wear, formal-wear
|
-wāer |
| -wide |
root noun wide
|
continent-wide nation | -wīd
|
| -woman |
root word woman
|
police-woman
| -woman
|
| -y |
converts root noun to adjective |
thirst-y, prince-y, brother-y | -ē
|
-yer (-y+ er), -yest (y+est)
|
converts noun to comparative adjective |
wealth-yer (2 syllables), thrift-yest, thrist-yly, worth-yness
| -ēer, -ēest
|
tion
|
converts a word ending with "tion" to a noun in SSS only
|
English and AE "donation" -> SSS "dōnāt۔un"
|
-un,-uns
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