Appendix:Novial prefixes

Prefixes - Suffixes - Pronunciation Guide

Prefixes

pre-	denotes before	previda foresee	prehistorie prehistory	prepaga prepay
anti-	denotes against	antialkoholisme   anti-alcoholism	antiklerikal    anticlerical	antimilitariste   antimilitarist
non-	negative prefix   not	nonexistant nonexistant	nonposibli impossible	nonreal unreal
des-	denotes direct opposite	desobedia   disobey	desfasil    difficult	desutili   harmful, pernicious
dis-	denotes dispersion or separation	disdona   distribute	dissenda    send out	distrancha   carve
mis-	denotes wrongly	mispronuntia   mispronounce	misdukte    mislead	miskomprenda   miscomprehend
mal-	denotes bad	malodoro   stink	malformat    malformed	malhumerosi   ill-tempered
par-	denotes perfectly or thoroughly	parlerna   learn thoroughly	parlekte    read thoroughly	parmori   die out completely
ri-	denotes repetition or restoration	rielekte   re-elect	riforma    reform	rigana   regain
retro-	denotes back(wards)	retroflua   flow back	retroaktiv    retroactive	retroseda cede back, restore
mi-	denotes half	mihore   half-hour	miklosat    half closed	milume   twilight
bo-	denotes relation by marriage	bopatro   father-in-law	bofilia    daughter-in-law	boparentes   in-laws
ex-	denotes late, former, retired, ex-	ex-presidente   ex-president	ex-marito    ex-husband	ex-marita   ex-wife
arki- ark-	denotes arch, senior, main	arkianjele   archangel	arkepiskopo    archbishop	arkenemike   arch-enemy
pseudo-	denotes pseudo-, false	pseudo-sientie   pseudo-science	pseudo-romanti    pseudo-romantic	pseudo-profete   pseudoprophet