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coula, _to flow_.
couladis or couladisso, _flowing_.
abareja, _to throw pell-mell_.
abarejadis, _confusion_.
toumba, _to fall_.
toumbadis, -isso, _tottering_ (adj.).
This suffix is added to the past participle stem.
-isoun (fem.).
This suffix forms nouns from verbs in -i.
abalauvi, _to make dizzy_, _to confound_.
abalauvisoun, _vertigo_.
-men (masc.).
This corresponds to the French -ment; bastimen = batiment, _s.h.i.+p_.
abouli, _to abolish_.
aboulimen, _abolition_.
toumba, _to fall_.
toumbamen, _fall_.
-men (adverb).
urous, urouso, _happy_.
urousamen, _happily_.
It is to be noted here that the adverb has the vowel of the old feminine termination _a_, and not the modern _o_.
-ot (masc.), -oto (fem.).
A diminutive suffix.
vilo, _town_.
viloto, _little town_.
Sometimes the stem no longer exists separately.
mignot, mignoto, _darling_.
pichot, pichoto, _little boy_, _little girl_.
-oto (fem.).
pa.s.sa, _to pa.s.s_.
pa.s.saroto, _pa.s.sing to and fro_.
-ou (masc.).
This is a noun-suffix of very frequent use. It seems to be for Latin -or and -orium.
jouga, _to play_.
jougadou, _player_.
abla, _to brag_ (cf. Fr. _habler_).
abladou, _braggart_.
abausi, _to abuse, to exaggerate_.
abausidou, _braggart_.
courre, _to run_.
courredou, _corridor_.
lava, _to wash_.
lavadou, _lavatory_.
espande, _to expand_.
espandidou, _expanse, panorama_.
escourre, _to flow out_.
escourredou, _pa.s.sage_, _hollow_.
toumba, _to fall_.
toumbadou, _water-fall_.
abeura, _to water_.
abeuradou, _drinking-trough_.
pa.s.sa, _to sift_.
pa.s.sadou, _sieve_.
mounda, _to winnow_.
moundadou, _sieve_.
-ouge.
This is an adjective suffix.
iver, _winter_.
ivernouge, _wintry_.
-oun (masc.), -ouno (fem.).
A diminutive suffix.
enfan, _child_.
enfantoun, enfantouno, _little child_.
pauriho, _the poor_.
paurihoun, _poor wretch_.
