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

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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.

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Puddle: small pools of water, such as ones left after a rain
Pud: synonym for lake
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twinkles: little glimmers of light from afar
a twink: nearby, sun-like, blinding
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