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From län, country, -än as a termination for names of countries or states.

Cinän, China.Bayän, Bavaria.Lusän, Russia.

From düp, hour, -üp as a termination for a portion of time.

Tidüp, a lesson (teaching time).
Kiüp? when? at what time?
Patüp, the present tense.
Yelüp, the course of a year.

From top, place,

(1) -op, for the divisions of the earth.

Yulop, Europe.
Fikop, Africa. 		Silop, Asia.
Melop, America.
Talop, Australia.

(2) -öp, for a place.

Kiöp? where?
Malädöp, a hospital.

The following endings have no meaning, except in composition:

-el, -er; one who does, a person.
Mekel, a maker, from mekön, to make.
Datuvel, discoverer, from datuv, discovering.
Tidel, teacher.

This ending occurs very frequently. It denotes also an inhabitant of a country.
Melopel, an American.
Deutel, a German. 		Nelijel, Englishman.
Flentel, Frenchman.
-al and -an also refer to persons. Al implies dignity or superiority.
-ef is a collection of persons; -em, of things.
-en is an establishment for a trade (-ery).
-af, names of animals; -it, of birds; -in, of substances.
-ip, of diseases; -öm, apparatus; -av, sciences.
-äl, -am, -öf, abstract nouns; äl, character; -am, action; -öf, quality, or state.
-il, diminutiv; -et, -kin, -ling; domil, a little house; ganil, gosling.
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