Frédéric Mistral - Poet and Leader in Provence by Charles Alfred Downer
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-our (fem.). This is like the above. vièi, _old_. vièiour, _old age_. -ous, -ouso. This is the Latin -osus; French -eux, -euse. It forms many new words in Mistral. urous (Fr. heureux), _happy_. pouderous (It. and Sp. poderoso), _powerful_. aboundous, _abundant_. pin, _pine_. pinous, _covered with pines_. escalabra, _to climb_. escalabrous, _precipitous_. -ta (fem.). This is the equivalent of the Latin -tas, French -té. In Mistral's language it is usually preceded by a connecting vowel _e_. moundaneta, _worldliness_. |
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