#suffix : a letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning
- French: suffixe
- German: die Nachsilbe
- Italian: suffisso
- Portuguese: sifixo
- Spanish: sufijo
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·Berke = Ber + ke
·Ber = bear (a #calque, i.e. direct loan translation, from the Hebrew name #Dov (= bear)
·ke = a Yiddish #diminutive suffix, mostly reserved for names, borrowed from Slavic languages
·(o)witz = #patronymic #suffix, the Germanized/Yiddishized version of Polish “wicz” and Russian “vich,” meaning “son of”
Berkowitz = Berke + ke + (o)witz [bear+ little + son of]
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#calque #dov #diminutive #patronymic #suffix
Today’s word is another productive way of making verbs:
<N> + ばむ
Roughly: to (begin to) turn into or be the quality of <the noun>.
Note that the “ば” sometimes is hidden within the kanji reading.
E.g.
汗ばむ :: あせばむ – start to get sweaty
黒ばむ :: くろばむ – blacken in color
黄ばむ :: きばむ – turn yellow in color/tinged with age
枯ればむ :: かればむ – begin to wither/dry out
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#suffix : a letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning
- French: suffixe
- German: die Nachsilbe
- Italian: suffisso
- Portuguese: sifixo
- Spanish: sufijo
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That's perhaps a good reason to consider moving to #Fediverse platforms like #Akkama, #Friendica, #Hometown, #Pleroma, and #suffix, and #SoapBox.
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