Prefixes and Suffixes

-(a)gay = -er, -or
_{Etym. from "asagay", "man", from Cherokee ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ("asgaya"), man}

-(a)yeli = -ia, -land
_{Etym. from "amay", "water", from PAA root *ma'-, "water"; also deconstructed via Amay from Cherokee ᎠᎹ ᎠᏰᎵ ("am ayehli"), so that "am ayehli" means "water-land"}

-(e)yoru = -ese, -ian, -ish
_{Etym. from "weyoru", "language", from an indigenous root}

-(i)hi = -ity, -ology
_{Etym. from an indigenous root similar to English "-ity" or "-ogy"}