Frédéric Mistral / Poet and Leader in Provence

by Charles Alfred Downer

This is an exceedingly common verb-suffix, corresponding to the Italian -eggiare.

toumbarèu, kind of cart.
toumbaraleja, to cart.
farandolo, farandole.
farandouleja, to dance the farandole.
poutoun, kiss.
poutouneja, to kiss.
poumpoun, caress.
poumpouneja, to caress.
segnour, lord.
segnoureja, to lord it over.
mistral, wind of the Rhone valley.
mistraleja, to roar like the mistral.
poudro, powder.
poudreja, to fire a gun.
clar, bright.
clareja, to brighten.

-en (masc.), -enco (fem.).

This is a common adjective-suffix.

souleu, sun.
souleien, souleienco, sunny.
mai, May.
maien, maienco, relating to May.
Madaleno, Magdalen.
madalenen, madalenenco, like Magdalen.

-ès (masc.), -esso (fem.).

This suffix corresponds to the French -ais, -aise. Liounès = lyonnais.

-et (masc.), -eto (fem.).

This is perhaps the commonest of the diminutive suffixes.