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Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English -al, French -al, -el, -aille, German -al, Italian -ale, -aglia, Spanish -al, all ultimately from Latin -ālis.
Suffix
-al-
- Suffix used with a noun to make an adjective out of said noun pertaining to, relating to, appropriate to.
- amiko (“friend”) + -al- → amikala (“friendly, amicable”)
- naciono (“nation”) + -al- → nacionala (“national”)
- artifico (“artifice”) + -al- → artificale (“artificially”)
- ideo (“idea”) + -al- → idealo (“ideal”)
Derived terms
Category Ido terms suffixed with -al- not found
Sundanese
Infix
-al-
- Alternative form of -ar-