Contionary:-â

Carnian

Etymology

From the old Trestine emphatic interjection ha, placed immediately after emotionally loaded or focal words. The modern form arose through rhinoglottophilia followed by loss of /h/.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA: [ɐ̃]

Suffix

-â

1. (informal) Forms emphatic variants of interjections and pronouns.

   ‎ne (“no”) + ‎-â → ‎nâ (“nah, hell no”)

   ‎dupè (“ass”) + ‎-â → ‎dupâ (“dammit”)

   ‎ou (“that”) + ‎-â → ‎ovâ (“that one”)

   ‎ves (“everything”) + ‎-â → ‎vesâ (“absolutely everything”)

Usage notes

• The suffix is particularly productive in Fyn and Gorso-Tresten, though several formations entered standard speech across Carnia. Its usage increased in 20th-century urban speech and mass media.
• The suffix obligatorily bears primary stress and attracts stress from the base word.