THE SUFFIX "-UM-".

268. The indefinite suffix "-um-" serves the same general purpose in

word formation which "je" serves as an indefinite preposition (260):

aerumi = to air. kolumo = collar.

busxumo = muzzle. plenumi = to fulfil.

gustumi = to taste. proksimume = approximately.

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