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Appendix:Variations of "ee" English Etymology 1 en object of action :inh enm:-ee<ety:bor<fro:-é<id:adjective>>> 1 From en enm -ee, enm -e -ē, from en xno - and en fro -ee, en fr -é, fr -ée, endings forming past participle of verbs ending in fr -er. en -ate. More distantly related to inherited en -ed. Suffix s Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done). en -ed en -er en examine examinee en interview interviewee en train trainee en employ employee en less common Added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action). en absent absentee en respond respondee en stand standee en post postee en law Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in en -or. en -or en assign assignee en legate legatee en mortgage mortgagee en medicine Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure. en laryngectomy laryngectomee Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun. en barge bargee en tender tenderee en venereal venerealee Derived terms en Translations The translation tables below are a guide only. See individual words formed using this suffix for more precise translations. forming words meaning a person to whom or a thing to which an action is done Albanian: sq -të, sq -atë Esperanto: eo -ato Finnish: fi -tu French: fr -é m, fr -ée f German: de ge- prefix + de -er m, de -e f, de -es n, de -en p strong, de -e weak Ido: io -ato, io -ario Irish: ga -aí m agent Italian: it -ato m, it -ata f Japanese: ja 被 hi- prefix Spanish: es -ado m, es -ada f Welsh: cy -ai forming words meaning a person who or a thing that does an action, especially where a passive sense of the verb is implied French: fr -eur m, fr -euse f Irish: ga -aí m agent Italian: it -tore m, it -trice f law: forming words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract Irish: ga -aí m agent medicine: forming words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun Slovak: sk -ec Etymology 2 en diminutive Perhaps a variation on en -ie and en -yT.F. Hoad, Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, 978-0-19-283098-2; headword -ee Suffix en diminutive Used to form diminutives. en suffixes -cule -el -et -ette -icle -ie -kin -le<id:diminutive> -let -ling -ole -ule -y prefixes mini- micro- nano- en boot bootee en goat goatee en settle settee Synonyms diminutive affix en mini-, en micro-, en nano-, en -ette, en -y, en -icle/en -cule/en -ule/en -ole Antonyms diminutive affix en super-, en supra-, en hyper-, en ultra-, en uber-, en macro-, en arch-, en over-, en mega-, en giga-, en -zilla, en grand, en great Derived terms en diminutive Translations The translation table below is a guide only. See individual words formed using this suffix for more precise translations. used to form diminutives Hungarian: hu -cska/hu -cske Italian: it -etto, it -ino Etymology 3 Chinese Pidgin English en derogatory Most likely derived from the rudimentary English used by Chinese immigrants to America during the 17th to 19th centuries. The ee (/iː/) sound would be Epenthesis added by those speakers to “cushion” the final consonants of English words so as to make them sound more euphonic and be easier to speak, which is naturally done also by native speakers of highly syllabic languages (such as Italian, Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese). 1 Phenomenon explanation Vowels following consonants is the default (or natural) state of human speech, with Modern English being an outlier at that. Compare child-directed words—such as en Daddy, en blankie, en doggy and en horsy#Noun—which end with the /iː/ vowel too and arise naturally from children's rudimentary, developing pronunciations of the corresponding consonant-final words (Dad, hors(e) etc.), following the same principle described above. Suffix en offensive derogatory Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese. en 1897 The Outlook 56 1044 "No stealee. You no thinkee? Chinaman no thinkee stealee!" he said, earnestly. en 1938 Minnesota Journal of Education 19 52 A Chinaman had a toothache, and phoned a dentist for an appointment. Doctor: "Two-thirty all right?" Chinaman: "Yes, tooth hurtee, all light. What time I come?" Related terms en no tickee, no washee Etymology 4 en infinitival Suffix en -y infinitival infinitive suffix. References Finnish Etymology See fi -ea. With vowel assimilation. Suffix adjective fi colloquial or dialectal fi -ea Usage notes Predominant type in the Tavastian and Savonian dialects. Well preserved even in urban speech. Used in the same way as the standard fi -ea: e.g. fi korkee "high", standard fi korkea. Especially in the Savonian dialects, shorter words with the suffix are subject to consonant gemination: fi pimeä > fi pimmee. Latin Pronunciation Suffix la suffix form la -eus voc m s Manx Etymology From gv sga -igidir (whence also ga -igh and gd -ich), originally a denominative verb formative, from gv cel-pro *-sagyetor; compare cy -hau. Pronunciation gv /i/ Suffix v Suffix used to form verbs from nouns. Usage notes Affixed verbs ending in -ee form a sizeable number of verbs. Some monosyllabic verbs in Manx (which historically are not from affixes), however, are not a result of affixation, such as niee "to wash". Derived terms gv See also gv -al Middle French Etymology 1 frm measure :inh fro:<ety:inh<la:-āta>> frm la -āta. Suffix f forms a feminine noun indicating a quantity or content measured by what the base noun denotes, often translatable as en -ful in English. Derived terms frm measure Descendants fr -ée f measure Etymology 2 frm -eum :inh la:-ēum frm la -ēum n, from frm grc -εῖον n, originating in the substantivized neuter of grc -εῖος adjective suffix. Suffix m frm -eum frm prytane prytanee Derived terms frm -eum Descendants fr -ée m -eum Etymology 3 frm -eus :lbor la:-eus<id:borrowed noun> frm la -eus<id:borrowed noun>. Suffix m ending found in male names from Greek frm Neree Nereus frm Persee Perseus Derived terms frm -eus Descendants fr -ée<id:-eus><g:m> Navajo Pronunciation nv /-èː/ Suffix nv suffix adverbializing enclitic nv hashkéhee in a mean or angry way nv tąądee slowly, leisurely, gradually, little by little nv tʼáá ádíláahee in an annoying manner nv tʼáá łaʼ bizhiʼee united, all standing together nv tʼáá naʼńleʼee sloppily, carelessly, roughly nv tʼáadoo yistiʼee freely, boldly, without hesitation nv tʼáá nanitʼinee secretly, covertly nv tsʼísee kehgo physically, carnally Derived terms nv Somali Etymology Compare dsh -esh and om -essuu. Suffix so suffix -èe infinitive -ayn factitive suffix Derived terms so Spanish Suffix es suffix form -ear Yola Alternative forms yol -ie -y Etymology From yol enm -y, from yol ang -iġ, from yol gmw-pro *-g. Pronunciation yol /-iː/ Suffix yol suffix Added to nouns to form adjectives. Derived terms yol -ee