Prefixes & Suffixes

Front 1

Noun

Back 1

-o

Front 2

Adjective

Back 2

-a

Front 3

Verb (Past Tense)

Back 3

-is

Front 4

Verb (Present Tense)

Back 4

-as

Front 5

Verb (Future Tense)

Back 5

-os

Front 6

Verb (infinitive)

Back 6

-i

Front 7

Adverb

Back 7

-e

Front 8

Disparagement, Contempt, Dislike

Wretched, Vile, Awful

Back 8

-aĉ-

Front 9

(Adds the idea of action)

Action, particularly prolonged, repeated, or habitual

Back 9

-ad-

Front 10

Denotes concrete idea

Back 10

aĵ

Front 11

Member (of a group), Inhabitant (of a country)

Back 11

-an-

Front 12

Collection (group, set) of (several or all) units of the same kind

Back 12

-ar-

Front 13

Denotes possibility (similar to English -able, -ible)

Back 13

-ebl-

Front 14

Denotes quality or state in abstract form (similar to English -ship, -ness)

Back 14

-ec-

Front 15

Great in size or degree

Back 15

-eg-

Front 16

Place where the root action occurs

Back 16

-ej-

Front 17

Denotes an inclination, bent, bias, proclivity, leaning (similar to English -full)

Back 17

-em-

Front 18

Denotes that which must be accomplished

Back 18

-end-

Front 19

Denotes element or unit of homogeneous whole

Back 19

-er-

Front 20

Leader, head, “boss”, ruler, commander, chief

Back 20

-estr-

Front 21

Dimunitive; weakens the idea of the root to a high degree

Back 21

-et-

Front 22

Offspring of living creatures

Back 22

-id-

Front 23

Make, cause to be, render (similar to English -ify)

Back 23

-ig-

Front 24

To come to be in the state of the root

Back 24

-iĝ-

Front 25

Object used to perform root action, appliance, tool, implement, instrument

Back 25

-il-

Front 26

Denotes female, feminine

Back 26

-in-

Front 27

Worthy of, deserving of

Back 27

-ind-

Front 28

holder for one object (sheath, socket, stand)

Back 28

-ing-

Front 29

Doctrine, movement, theory, system

Back 29

-ism-

Front 30

Person connected with the root, usually by profession (business, calling, vocation, habitual interest)

Back 30

-ist-

Front 31

Denotes multiplication

Back 31

-obl-

Front 32

Denotes fraction

Back 32

-on-

Front 33

Collective numeral (number of elements together, in a group)

Back 33

-op-

Front 34

Container, receptacle, holder (also countries)

Back 34

-uj-

Front 35

Denotes individual (person)

Back 35

-ul-

Front 36

No definite meaning: sense is defined by usage or context

Back 36

-um-

Front 37

Affectionate suffixes

Back 37

-ĉj- (masculine), -nj- (feminine)

Front 38

Direct Opposite

Back 38

mal-

Front 39

Relative by marriage

Back 39

bo-

Front 40

Separation, dispersal

Back 40

dis-

Front 41

Commencement, suddenness

Back 41

ek-

Front 42

Former, ex

Back 42

eks-

Front 43

Filthy, disgusting, pornographic

Back 43

fi-

Front 44

both genders together

Back 44

ge-

Front 45

Wrongly

Back 45

mis-

Front 46

Primordiality, remoteness ofrelationship

Back 46

pri-

Front 47

Return, repetition

Back 47

re-

Front 48

Correlative question prefix (similar to English wh-, as in "what", "when", etc.)

Back 48

ki-

Front 49

Correlative indication prefix (similar to English th-, as in "this", "then", etc.)

Back 49

ti-

Front 50

Correlative indefinite prefix (similar to English some-, as in "sometime", "somehow")

Back 50

i-

Front 51

Correlative universal prefix (similar to English every-, as in "everything", "everyone")

Back 51

ĉi-

Front 52

Correlative negative prefix (similar to English no-, as in "nothing", "nowhere")

Back 52

neni-

Front 53

Correlative quality suffix (similar to English "what type of", "some type of")

Back 53

-a

Front 54

Correlative reason suffix (similar to English "why", "therefore")

Back 54

-al

Front 55

Correlative time suffix (similar to English "when", "then")

Back 55

-am

Front 56

Correlative place suffix (similar to English "where", "there")

Back 56

-e

Front 57

Correlative manner suffix (similar to English "how", "thus")

Back 57

-el

Front 58

Correlative association suffix (similar to English "whose", "this/that one's")

Back 58

-es

Front 59

Correlative unclassified object "thing" suffix (similar to English "what (thing)", "this/that (thing)")

Back 59

-o

Front 60

Correlative amount suffix (similar to English "how much/many", "this/that much/many")

Back 60

-om

Front 61

Correlative classified object suffix (similar to English "who" / "which [horse]", "this/that [person / horse]")

Back 61

-u