Talk:Augmentative

"Unattested"[edit]

The article says "From an unattested Late Latin -onus." cf Latin word "Patronus" for a possible attestation. Temerarius (talk) 17:00, 11 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Prefixes in Spanish[edit]

In Spanish there are listed only suffixes but I can't see any difference between the English and Spanish prefixes meaning:

English Spanish Example
over- sobre- Overload = Sobrecarga.

super- super- Superman = Superhombre

arch- arc-/arz- Archangel = Arcángel, and also Archbishop = Arzobispo.

Shouldn´t these prefixes be added to the list? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.47.228.142 (talk) 19:07, 17 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Oso/osa in Spanish[edit]

Isn't -oso/-osa a common spanish augmentative?

No, that's an adjectival suffix. It turns nouns into adjectives. FilipeS 00:00, 18 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Polish Augmentative - Zgrubienia[edit]

Do any Polish use this words: 'żabucha', 'żabula'. I newer heard that... and it hear silly. Mayby on north or somewhere, but it still strange for me (I'm natvie speaker from south Poland). Anyway I'm not sure is it correct oficial Polish. (sorry for my English)

It's hard to say how often I use such forms (more rarely than diminutives) but definitely they are used since google gives some results. OTOH, such forms are generally avoided in the "dry" official language. Pittmirg 11:10, 2 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pittmirg (talk • contribs)

I am a Polish native speaker and I have never heard such forms, either. But I have formed my own forms, so I know that it is possible, for example 'ziemnior' for a big potato. Why would anyone need to say 'a big/bad frog' is beyond my imagination, though. But if you know the augmentative form for 'pająk' - 'a big, fat, ugly, impossible to kill and very scary spider,' I would be more than happy to know. ;) 31.182.128.123 (talk) 20:48, 24 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would use "pajęczysko". Ausir (talk) 01:57, 24 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]