-ie, suffix
/i/
- Forms:
- Show more Also -etjie, -jie, -kie, -pie, -tjie.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch -je.
1. with -f, -g, -k, -p, or -s: add -ie. If the preceding vowel is short, double the final consonant and add -ie.
4. with a vowel, add -tjie (in South African English sometimes represented by the pronunciation spelling -kie).
5.
a. with -l, -n, or -r, preceded by a diphthong, long vowel, or unaccented neutral vowel (schwa), add -tjie.
c. with -l, -m, or -r, preceded by -oe- or -ie-, add either -tjie or -etjie; there is no fixed pattern to be found in these cases.
6. with -m, preceded by -l or -r, or by a long vowel, diphthong or unaccented neutral vowel (schwa), add -pie. For examples, see agretjie, boetebossie, boetie, bokhorinkie, duiweltjie, liedjie, pruimpie, waterblommetjie, and, added to an English word, boykie.
with -f, -g, -k, -p, or -s:add -ie. If the preceding vowel is short, double the final consonant and add -ie.
with a vowel, add -tjie (in South African English sometimes represented by the pronunciation spelling -kie).
with -l, -n, or -r, preceded by a diphthong, long vowel, or unaccented neutral vowel (schwa),add -tjie.
with -l, -m, or -r, preceded by -oe- or -ie-,add either -tjie or -etjie; there is no fixed pattern to be found in these cases.
with -l, -m, -n, or -r, preceded by a short, accented vowel apart from -oe- or -ie-,double the final consonant and add -etjie.
with -m, preceded by -l or -r, or by a long vowel, diphthong or unaccented neutral vowel (schwa),add -pie. For examples, see agretjie, boetebossie, boetie, bokhorinkie, duiweltjie, liedjie, pruimpie, waterblommetjie, and, added to an English word, boykie.
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