Re: -ella (was Balkan Serpents...)

alex_lycos wrote:

>but let us take another derivatives:
>margeluSa= little bead

Wrong! correct: [m&rgelutza]

>there is not a suffix "luSa" but the suffix "uSa"

Of course there ain't no suffix like that. The real
one sounds like this: "-utza". And in order to
get the word 'margelutza' you have to link
"m&rgel-" + "-utza". And by no means "m&rgeau-".

>stelutsa = there is no suffix "lutsa" but suffix "utsa"

The same thing applies to "steaua" > diminutive
"stelutza", the intermediary element being "stel-"
(that you'll find in the plural of it: "stele").

>Do I have to come with more examples?

<oh, boy!>

George