My favorite linguistics professor used to point out that the -le suffix implies smaller and repetitive
to cuddle: small, repetitive affectionate touches
to cud: moonsaulting onto your SO screaming “LOVE YA, FUCKER”
My favorite linguistics professor used to point out that the -le suffix implies smaller and repetitive
to cuddle: small, repetitive affectionate touches
to cud: moonsaulting onto your SO screaming “LOVE YA, FUCKER”
sprinkles: little dots of sugar all over a cupcake
a sprink: a single log of neon sugar that makes the cake bend ominously beneath its weight
puddle: small temporary collections of water on the ground
pud: the eternal world ocean marking the edge of the earth
(am I doing it right?)
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apple: smallish round fruit of the apple tree
app: a dwarf-planet-sized fruit, fallen from The World Tree in The Beginning Days before time began.