Word formation

Related words share a predictable root with regular fictional affixes.

Affixes

MeaningFormTypeProduces
agent / doer-ro / -uro|-irosuffixnoun
abstract noun-so / -uso|-isosuffixnoun
place-jo / -ujo|-ijosuffixnoun
adjective from noun/verb-na / -una|-inasuffixadjective
adverb from adjective root-ne / -une|-inesuffixadverb
verbal noun / process-do / -udo|-idosuffixnoun
patient / result-to / -uto|-itosuffixnoun
causative verb-ig / -uig|-iigsuffixverb
opposite / quality negationkoprefixsame

agent / doer

instru + ro → instruro
teach → teacher
labor + uro → laboruro
work → worker

abstract noun

bon + uso → bonuso
good → goodness
liber + uso → liberuso
free → freedom

place

lern + ujo → lernujo
learn → learning place / school

adjective from noun/verb

oro + na → orona
gold → golden

adverb from adjective root

rapid + une → rapidune
fast → quickly
bona → bone (lexical adverb pair)
good → well

verbal noun / process

instru + do → instrudo
teach → teaching

patient / result

instru + to → instruto
teach → student / pupil

causative verb

lern + uig → lernuig
learn → make learn / teach

opposite / quality negation

ko + bona → kobona
good → bad
ko + granda → kogranda
big → small

Word family: instru-

instru
teach (verb stem)
instruro
teacher
instrudo
teaching
instruto
pupil / student
instruna
instructive
instrujo
teaching place

Compounds

Compounds are stem + stem. The second stem is the head. No stem change inside compounds. Example: vapor + navo → vapornavo (steamship).

kita + tomo → kitatomo
book-house / library
sola + lumo → solalumo
sunlight