ome, man.
oumenet, little man.
fiho, daughter.
fiheto, dear daughter.
enfan, child.
enfantounet, little child.
vènt, wind.
ventoulet, breeze.
toumba, to fall.
toumbaraleto, little leaps.
chato, girl.
chatouneto, little girl
malaut, ill.
malautounet, sickly.
It will be observed that the double diminutive termination is the most frequent.
Sometimes the -et is not diminutive. Óuliveto may mean a small olive or a field planted with olives.
-èu (masc.), -ello (fem.).
This suffix is often diminutive.
paurin, poor chap.
paurinèu paurinello, poor little fellow or girl.
pin, pine.
pinatèu, young pine.
pinatello, forest of young pines.
sauvage, wild.
sauvagèu, sauvagello, somewhat wild.
Sometimes it is not.
toumba, to fall.
toumbarèu, -ello, likely to fall.
canta, to sing.
cantarèu, -ello, songful.
crese, to believe.
creserèu, -ello, inclined to belief.
-i.