Esperanto affixes and examples
Terms
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- bo-
- Relationship by marriage
- bopatro
- father-in-law
- bofratino
- sister-in-law
- bofilo
- son-in-law
- bopatrino
- mother-in-law
- dis-
- Distribution, dispersion
- disflugi
- to fly in several directions
- disdoni
- to distribute
- disfali
- to crumble, to fall in pieces
- dissemi
- to disseminate, to spread
- ek-
- Beginning, sudden change, or momentary action
- ekiri
- to start to walk
- ekdormi
- to start to sleep, doze off
- ekbrilo
- flash, spark
- ekpluvi
- start to rain
- fi-
- bad, morally
- fidomo
- house of ill repute
- fiviro
- male slut, worthless man
-
(komercisto)
fikomercisto -
(businessman)
dishonest businessman - ge-
- Both sexes (can mean pairs or groups)
- gefiloj
- son(s) and daughter(s)
- gepatroj
- parents
- gefratoj
- brother(s) and sister(s); siblings
- geamikoj
- friends (both sexes)
- mal-
- The opposite
-
(dekstro)
maldekstro -
(right)
left -
(fermi)
malfermi -
(to close)
to open - pra-
- Great distance in time, primeval, distant ancestor/descendant
-
(nepo)
pranepo -
(grandson)
great-grandson
(suspect this is vaguer -- maybe many-times-great grandson?) - prahomo
- ancestral human
-
(historio)
prahistorio -
(history)
prehistory, ancestral history -
(avo)
praavo -
(grandfather)
great-grandfather
[many times great grandfather?] - re-
- Repetition, again, back
- renaperi
- to reappear
- refari
- to redo, to make again
- Äœis revido!
- See you later! (see you again)
- reteni
- to hold back, retain
- reveni
- to return, to come back
- mis-
- Mistake, error, not fitting in
-
(kompreni)
miskompreni -
(to understand)
to misunderstand -
(paŝo)
mispaŝo -
(step)
misstep, out of step -
(uzo)
misuzo -
use
misuse - duon-
- Half
-
(horo)
duonhoro -
(hour)
half an hour - duondio
- demi-god
- duonfilino
- step-daughter
- duonlumo
- twilight, half-light
- -aĉ
- Disparaging; cheesy, cheap, in bad taste
-
(domo)
domaĉo -
(house)
hovel -
(skribi)
skribaĉo -
(to write)
to scrawl - -ad
- Constant or prolonged action
-
(paroli)
parolado -
(to talk)
a speech -
(rigardi)
rigardadi -
to regard, to look at
to contemplate - -aĵ
- A concrete manifestation
-
(dolĉa)
dolĉaĵo -
(sweet)
candy, confection -
(pentri)
pentraĵo -
(to paint)
a painting, a picture) - -an
- Member of a group, party, religion; a citizen
- eŭropano
- European
- kanadano
- Canadian
-
(Kristo)
kirstano -
(Christ)
christian - usonano
- US citizen, from USA
- -ar
- collection, group, cluster, herd
-
(vorto)
vortaro -
(word)
dictionary, vocabulary -
(ŝafo)
ŝafaro -
(sheep)
flock of sheep - -ĉj
- Affectionate diminutive
-
(patro)
paĉjo -
(father)
daddy, dad, pa, papa -
(Jozefo)
Joĉjo -
(Joseph)
Joe - -ebl
- possible, -ible, -able
-
(vidi)
videbla -
to see
visible -
(legi)
legebla -
to read
legible -
(kredi)
kredebla -
(to believe)
believable, credible - -ec
- Abstract quality (-ness)
-
(mola)
moleco -
(soft)
softness -
(amiko)
amikeco -
(friend)
friendship, amity - -eg
- Big, more intense
-
(vento)
ventego -
(wind)
wind storm, hurricane -
(ridi)
ridegi -
to laugh
belly laugh, laugh long and loud - -ej
- Place for an activity, name of creature's dwelling
-
(preĝi)
preĝejo -
(to pray)
church -
(ofico)
oficejo -
(function, post, job)
workplace, office (place of work) -
(ĉevalo)
ĉevalejo -
(horse)
stable - -em
- Inclination, tendency, trait
-
(ŝpari)
ŝparema -
(to save)
thrifty -
(babili)
babilema -
(to chatter, talk)
talkative - -end
- Something that must be done, mandatory
-
(legi)
legenda -
(to read)
required reading -
(fari)
farenda -
(to make, to do)
has to be done, must do