Augmentatives/Diminutives

Augmentatives/Diminutives

Augmentatives and diminutives are words that indicate an increase or decrease in the size as well as force, quality or intensity of the words they modify.

General Augmentatives/Diminutives

	Root	Meaning
++	bariz	top, superaugmentative -- a point at the figurative top of an abstract scale
+	cab	augmentative -- a point between the figurative top of an abstract scale and the midpoint
0	med	middle, center, average -- a point equidistant from the ends of a line, the extremities of a figure or at the figurative center or average of an abstract scale
-	lag	diminutive -- a point between the figurative bottom of an abstract scale and the midpoint
--	dimin	bottom, ultradiminutive -- a point at the figurative bottom of an abstract scale

Size Augmentative/Diminutive

	Root	Meaning
+	bolh	large object -- an object larger in physical size than typical for its type
-	pecen	small object -- an object smaller in physical size than typical for its type

Semantics

The size augmentative and diminutive should be used only when changes in size are intended, without corresponding changes in value, quality, force or intensity.

cub - cup

bolhcub - mug (large cup)

flagon -- (a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine))

mug -- (with handle and usually cylindrical)

Sense 3

cup -- (a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle; "he put the cup back in the saucer"; "the handle of the cup was missing")

=> beaker -- (a cup (usually without a handle))

=> chalice, goblet -- (a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic cup)

=> grail, Holy Grail, Sangraal -- ((legend) chalice used by Christ at the last supper)

=> coffee cup -- (a cup from which coffee is drunk)

=> demitasse -- (small coffee cup; for serving black coffee)

=> Dixie cup, paper cup, drinking cup -- (a paper cup for holding drinks)

=> grace cup -- (cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal)

=> kylix, cylix -- (a shallow drinking cup with two handles; used in ancient Greece)

=> measuring cup -- (graduated cup used for measuring ingredients)

=> mustache cup, moustache cup -- (a drinking cup with a bar inside the rim to keep a man's mustache out of the drink)

=> scyphus -- (an ancient Greek drinking cup; two handles and footed base)

=> teacup -- (a cup from which tea is drunk)

New Roots

bariz [From Russian /bariz/ and Hindi /bar/, "great", "grand".] highest augmentative -- a point at the figurative top of an abstract scale

bolh [From Russian /bolshoi/, "large".]

cab [From Arabic /kabir/, "big".]

dimin [From Latin 'diminutivus', "extremely small in size".]

lag [from Hindu /lagu/, "small"

pecen -- [From Spanish /peken/, "small".]