There are also prefix-syllables which never occur separately and are not
contractions of other words. The following are the most important of these
inseparable prefixes :
Ne-, negativ, or contrary; un-, in-, dis-, non-, -less; neflen, enemy (unfriend); nelab, want (opposit of lab, possession); det, right [hand]; nedet, left ; nedanik, ungrateful; nebin, non-existence.
Le- intensiv ; very, highly, chief, arch- ; legudik, very good ; legletik, very great; lebijop, archbishop ; lezif, large city (glezif is metropolis). Gle- indicates the highest or most important of its kind.
Lu-, small, insignificant, bad or contemptible. This prefix is frequently used where in English we use different words. Beg, a request, lubegel, a beggar, mendicant ; lufat, a step-father; lak, a lake, lulak, a pond; sanel, a physician, lusanel, a quack; sölel, a ruler, lusölel, a tyrant ; vomik, feminin, luvomik, effeminate.
(See suflix -il for a list of augmentativs and diminutivs.)
Ge-, back, re- ; gepük, reply ; gekipön, to keep back.
Be- is said to strengthen the meaning of the radical; it frequently means to cause or confer the thing expressed by the radical.
Da- denotes the completion or an action or the attainment of an object.
SUFFIXES
Some suffixes are formed by cutting off the beginnings of nouns.
From mul, month, -ul as a termination for the names or months. There are two sets of names for the months: one derived from the numerals, the other from the Roman names, ---
| January, | balul | or | yanul. | | | July | velul | or | yulul. |
| February, | telul | or | febul. | | | August, | jölul | or | gustul. |
| March, | kilul | or | mäzul. | | | September, | zülul | or | setul. |
| April, | folul | or | apul. | | | October, | balsul | or | otul. |
| May, | lulul | or | mayul. | | | November, | babul | or | novul. |
| June, | mälul | or | yunul. | | | December, | batul | or | dekul. |
