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Appendix:World/Diminutives and Augmentatives in Laefevian: Difference between revisions
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* '''hynjožiêngu''' “front row seat” → '''hynjožiêngakka''' | * '''hynjožiêngu''' “front row seat” → '''hynjožiêngakka''' | ||
The superlative suffix can also contrast with the prefix '''''erhw-''''' “main-, arch-, head-”, for example, '''''erhuvenkwe''''', lit. “main news, arch-news, top news”, would be used in a newspaper to refer to the most important news in the publication (it also cannot be changed any more), while ''''' | The superlative suffix can also contrast with the prefix '''''erhw-''''' “main-, arch-, head-”, for example, '''''erhuvenkwe''''', lit. “main news, arch-news, top news”, would be used in a newspaper to refer to the most important news in the publication (it also cannot be changed any more), while '''''venkŵêngu''''' would be used on TV when talking about the currently most important piece of news. | ||
== Pejorative and derogatory derivatives == | == Pejorative and derogatory derivatives == | ||