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LING150/University of |
Morpheme Set 4
Based on English Vocabulary Elements, Keith
Denning and William Leben,
A = 'Adjective Suffix'; N = 'Noun Suffix'; V = 'Verb Suffix'
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alg |
'pain' |
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aur |
'ear' |
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brev |
'brief, short' |
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cli / cliv / clin |
'lean, lie, bed' |
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col |
'live, inhabit, grow' |
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curs / curr |
'run' |
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dactyl |
'finger, digit' |
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den / odon |
'tooth' |
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dendr / dr / dry |
'tree' |
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ge |
'earth' |
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graph / gram |
'write, record' |
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hem / em |
'blood' |
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-ia |
N [land, state, medical condition] |
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ichthy |
'fish' |
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-ile |
A |
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-itis |
N [inflammation] |
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jus / jur |
'judge, law, ritual' |
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lab |
'take, seize' |
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lat |
'carry' |
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lig |
'tie, bind' (both physically and in the sense of social or financial ties, eg. obligation)' |
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loqu / loc |
'speak' |
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magn |
'great, large' |
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mal / male |
'bad' (as in 'evil, wicked' compare with dys- ' ) |
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mant / manc |
'prophesy' |
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mater / metr |
'mother, womb, surrounding stuff' |
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mit, mis, miss |
'send, do' |
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nav / naut |
'boat, seafaring' |
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noc / nyc |
'night' |
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nomen / onom / onym |
'name' |
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-oma |
'tumor, growth' |
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op / opthalm |
'eye, see' |
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orn / ornith |
'bird' |
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orth |
'straight, correct' |
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os / osteo |
'bone' |
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ot |
'ear' |
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paleo |
'old' |
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pater |
'father, country' |
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ped / paed |
'child, teach' |
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ped / pod / pus |
'foot' |
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phag |
'eat' |
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phob |
'fear' |
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phyt |
'plant' ('a plant' or 'to plant or grow') |
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plen / ple |
'full, many' |
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pne / pneum |
'lung, respiration' |
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pter |
'feather, wing' |
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salv / salu |
'safe, healthy' |
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sed / sid / sess |
'sit' |
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sen |
'old' |
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sep |
'putrid, infected' |
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sequ / secu |
'follow' |
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solv |
'loosen, unbind' |
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som |
'body' ('physical body', as opposed to the mind) |
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soph |
'wise, knowledge' |
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soror |
'sister' |
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telo- / teleo- |
'end, complete' |
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terr |
'earth' |
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the |
'place, put' |
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trop |
'turn' |
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-um |
N |
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voc / vok |
'speak, call, voice' |