-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_.

-es (masc.), -esso (fem.).

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

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

This is perhaps the commonest of the diminutive suffixes.

ome, _man_.
oumenet, _little man_.
fiho, _daughter_.
fiheto, _dear daughter_.
enfan, _child_.
enfantounet, _little child_.
vent, _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. _Ouliveto_ may mean a small olive
or a field planted with olives.

-eu (masc.), -ello (fem.).

This suffix is often diminutive.

paurin, _poor chap_.
paurineu paurinello, _poor little fellow or girl_.
pin, _pine_.
pinateu, _young pine_.
pinatello, _forest of young pines_.
sauvage, _wild_.
sauvageu, sauvagello, _somewhat wild_.

Sometimes it is not.

toumba, _to fall_.
toumbareu, -ello, _likely to fall_.
canta, _to sing_.
cantareu, -ello, _songful_.
crese, _to believe_.
cresereu, -ello, _inclined to belief_.

-i.

This is a verb-suffix, marking the infinitive of a "living" conjugation.

bourgau, _civil_.
abourgali, _to civilize_.

-ie (fem.).

Carestie, _dearness_, stands in contrast to the Italian _carestia_.

priva, _to train_, _to tame_.
privadie, _sweet food given in training animals_.

-ie (masc.), -iero (fem.).

This is the equivalent of the French -ier.

oulivie, _olive tree_.
bouchie, _butcher_.
pinatie, } _a dwelling_
pinatiero,} _among pines_.

-ieu (masc.), -ivo (fem.).

This is the form corresponding to the French -if, -ive.

ablatieu, _ablative_.
vieu, vivo, _lively_.

-ige (m.).

According to Mistral, this represents the Latin -ities. We incline to
think rather that it corresponds to -age, being added chiefly to words
in _e_. -age fits rather upon stems in _a_.

gounfle, _swollen_.
gounflige, _swelling_.
Felibre.
Felibrige.
paure, _poor_.
paurige, _poverty_.

-iho (fem.).

This suffix makes collective nouns.

pastre, _shepherd_.
pastriho, _company of shepherds_.
paure, _poor_.
pauriho, _the poor_.

-in (m.), -ino