#Lumikellukese (Lumikelluke[ne])
#Tallinn #Pirita #Mähe #Aedlinn
#Snowdrop (lit. little snow bell; as in many languages, the #diminutive can play itself out to varying degrees. kell=bell, kelluke=little bell, kellukene=tiny little bell), #GalanthusSpp., one of the first flowers to pop out in spring.
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A toffee dropped me a DM few mins ago saying you were actually 5 foot 5 inches tall.... which was unexpected....
I never realised you were a 'shorthouse' .... who would have thought it.
#diminutive
#Kannikese (Kannikene)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Lille
#Violet or #pansy, #ViolaSpp. #Kannikene is the #diminutive of #kannike (also violet, pansy) which is the #diminutive of #kann, an archaic term for flower, sometimes found as #suffix in compound names, (see, e.g., #Käokannu &
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One absolutely cool feature of English is its diminutive forms.
Here are the main diminutive suffixes and some exempla
-LET booklet, piglet
-LING seedling, darling
-IE sweetie
-Y kitty, Johnny
Can you help me with more suffixes?
#langsky #diminutive #linguistics
