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Gle- is a contraction of the adjectiv gletik or of its radical glet, greatness. Many other prefixes are similarly formed from nouns and adjectivs.

Sma-, from smalik, small; smabed, nest (little bed).

Blä-, from blägik, black; Bläfot, the Black Forest.

Vie-, from vietik, while; viebod, white bread.


Ba-, from bal, one; bafom, uniformity.

Mö-, from mödik, many, much; möpükik, polyglot; möflanik, many-sided.

Si-, from sil, heaven; prefix of constellations or zodiacal signs: Sijip, Aries ; Sijutel, Sagittarius; sifits, Pisces.

Nolü-, Sulü-, Lefü-, Vesü-, from Nolüd, Sulüd, Lefüd, Vesüd, North, South, East, West; Nolümelop, North America; Vesünidän, West Indies.

., from bapik, low, and vä-, from valik, all, with a change of vowel.

Other prefixes are simple prepositions, and most of them can be so used.

Bevü, between, inter- ; bevünetik, international.

Bif, before (in place), contracted, to bi-, pre- bisiedön, to preside.

De, from; de-, ab-, off-, away; defal, falling off; defiledön, to burn off ; deyulön, to abjure.

Ko-, ke; with; com-, con-, syn- ; koköm, coming together; kelied, compassion; kevobel, colaborer; kezenodön, to concentrate.

Len-, towards, ad- ; lenpük, address; lensumön, to assume, take to one's-self.

Love-, over, super-; lovedugön, to lead over; lovelogön, to overlook; lovepenäd, superscription, something written over; lovepolam, translation.