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== Proposal 1 ==

^ affix ^ type ^ meaning ^ cognates ^ example ^
| **-bel** | number -> attribute | the multiple of the referred number | | **tvobel** (//double//) |
| **-er** | verb -> noun | a person, that does what is described in the referred verb | en://-er//, de://-er// | **baker** (//baker(man)//) |
| **-et** | number -> attribute | ordinal number | en://-th//, de://-t// | **tvoet** (//second//) |
| **-het** | attribute -> noun | the abstract attribute described by the referred property | de://-heit//, nb://-het// | **gladhet** (//happiness//) |
| **-ien** | noun -> noun | a member of the country or similar | en://-ian// | **Kanadien** (//Canadian//) |
| **-ig** | noun -> attribute | an attribute implied by the referred noun | | **basig** (//basic//) |
| **-in** | noun -> noun | indicating the sexus "female" | de://-in// | **levenin** (//lioness//) |
| **-ir** | attribute -> verb | to make something have the referred ability | de://-ier// | **svartiren** (//to blacken//) |
| **-let** | noun -> noun | smaller version | | **buklet** (//booklet//) |
| **-ling** | noun -> noun | offspring of the referred noun | | **hundling** (//puppy//) |
| **-mal** | number -> […] | repetition | | **tvomal** (//twice//) |
| **-ning** | verb -> noun | something that arises from the referred verb | de://-ung//, en://-ing//, nb://-ing// | **beslisning** (//decision//) |
| **-ort** | verb -> noun | a place to do what the verb describes | | **grindort** (//mill//) |
| **-sam** | verb -> attribute | | | **smartsam** (//painful//) |
| **-ska** | [...] -> attribute | | | **Svenska** (//Swedish//) |
| **-tel** | number -> attribute | the fraction of the referred number | de://-tel// | **tvotel** (//half//) |

  * references: [[References#cha07|cha07]]

== Proposal 2 ==

^ affix ^ type ^ meaning ^ cognates ^ example ^
| **-rid** | verb -> noun | the act described by the referred verb | is://-ri//, en://-red//, de://-rei// | **hatrid** (//hatred/////hating//) |
| **-ung** | verb -> noun | something that arises from the referred verb | de://-ung//, en://-ing//, nb://-ing// | **givung** (//gift//) |
| **-ar** | verb -> noun | a person, that does what is described in the referred verb | nn://-ar//, sv://-ar//, en://-er//, de://-er// | **sprekar** (//speaker//) |
| **-bar** | verb -> attribute | the possibility to do, what the referred verb describes | de://-bar//, nb://-bar// | **denkbar** (//thinkable//) |
| **-lik** | noun -> attribute | having the abilities of the referred object | en://-ly//, de://-lich//, nb://-lig// | **bruderlik** (//brotherly//) |
| **-ig** | noun -> attribute | with the referred object | en://-y//, de://-ig// | **bludig** (//bloody//) |
| **-isk** | noun -> attibute | belonging to the referred object | en://-ish//, de://-isch//, nb://-isk// | **dutisk** (//german//) |
| **-en** | attribute -> verb | to make something have the referred ability | en://-en//, de://-en// | **harden** (//harden/////make hard//) |
| **-hed** | attribute -> noun | the abstract attribute described by the referred property | de://-heit//, nb://-het// | **frihed** (//freedom//) |
| **un-** | attribute -> attribute | negation of the referred attribute | en://un-//, de://un-//, nb://u-// | **unfri** (//unfree//) |

  * complex examples
    * **unmanlikhed** (//inhumanity//)
    * **sebarenung** (//visualization//)
    * **kraftigenar** (//fortifier//)
  * references: fen13

Comment: during a conversation in the FB group, **-kin** was mentioned as a possible diminutive suffix.

Footnote. Out of interest, even though **-er** is the standard English suffix for people-who-do, the following words in **-ar** exist: beggar, burglar, bursar, liar, pedlar, registrar, scholar, vicar.
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