-oǧe

Laefevian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-oɣe/ [-oɣe]
• Hyphenation: -o·ǧe

Suffix

-oǧe (heavy e-stem)

1. forms nouns meaning “the state of (the base word)” or “the quality of being (the base word)”, similar to English -ness

   ñôlt (“gloom”) + -oǧe → ñôltoǧe (“gloominess”)

   hlwangis (“rotten”) + -oǧe → hlwangoǧe (“rot, decay”)

2. forms terms from sources of light or words indicating some kind of emission of light, or from colours

   ao (“sun”) + -oǧe → aoǧe (“sunlight, sunshine”)

   ea (“moon”) + -oǧe → eaǧe (“moonlight”)

   ardolad (“to shine”) + -oǧe → ardoloǧe (“splendour, strong light”)

   umis (“red”) + -oǧe → umoǧe (“red light”)

3. forms abstract nouns of various meanings

   ormyt (“warm”) + -oǧe → ormytoǧe (“temperature”)

   siôl (“bird”) + -oǧe → siôloǧe (“birdsong”)

4. (biochemistry) forms names of sugars

   dwêrf (“grape”) + -oǧe → dwêrfoǧe (“glucose”)

   rênim (“essence”) + -oǧe → rênimoǧe (“ribose”)