-eg-

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See also Category:Esperanto words suffixed with -eg-, and Appendix:Variations of "eg"

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Esperanto [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Russian augmentative -яга (-jaga).

Suffix [edit]

-eg-

  1. denotes augmentative of degree, e.g. varma warm, varmega hot; ridi laugh, ridegi guffaw; pafilo gun, pafilego cannon

Usage notes [edit]

Unlike most Esperanto suffixes, -eg- does not affect the part of speech of the root.

Antonyms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

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