1. They are comparable to the diminutive suffixes and of Mandarin. 2. Note that these are all special diminutive suffixes . 3. The lake's name derives from that of Lake Winnipeg, with a diminutive suffix . 4. They most commonly occur in the final syllable of nouns with diminutive suffixes or words with a diminutive connotation. 5. It does not come to me as a complete surprise that it is a diminutive suffix that would be so used. 6. The term originated by the addition of the diminutive suffix "-ette " to the word " corset ". 7. Its name comes from " naranja ", the Spanish word for orange, and the diminutive suffix "-ito ". 8. The generic name combines a reference to the related form " Diplodocus " with a Crow Indian diminutive suffix " ~ kaate ". 9. When the diminutive suffix is applied to an adjective, often a near-equivalent idea can be expressed in English by " nice and [ adjective ] ". 10. I can't think of an equivalent suffix in English but in French I have the feeling the diminutive suffix -ouille could be used in the same way.