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Friday, Apr 13, 2007

Suffixes -TAR- substantives ending in TAR

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a. TOR, TORIS
b. SOR, SORIS
c. ITOR, ITORIS
d. TRUS
e. ITER, ITRIS
f. ISTER, ISTRI
g. TRIX, TRICIS
h. TRA, TRAE
i. ESTRA, ESTRAE
j. TRUM, TRI
k. SRUM, STRI
l. ISTRUM, ISTRI

The Sanskrit TAR or TRI means "to accomplish", and these endings carry this meaning, 'the accomplisher of', or 'that by which is accomplished', in the passive, i.e. caused, or, reflexively, the one who 'does something for himself'.
e.g.
amo = to love
AMA is the theme
AMA-TOR, the accomplisher of loving, i.e. a lover.

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