A diminutive ending can also be appended to an adverb or adjective (but not when followed by a noun).

The most common diminutive endings are - in, meaning little or fond, and -ta, meaning dear or sweet.

The most common diminutive endings are -inho and -inha, replacing -o and -a, respectively.

The word Bächle comes from the German Bach, meaning stream, with the Alemannic diminutive ending -le.

It can also function as a diminutive ending.

The name Ranunculus is Late Latin for "little frog," from rana "frog" and a diminutive ending.

The emphatic diminutives: When two diminutive endings are applied to the same word, it gives more emphasis to the sentence.

"little water", from common Slavic voda (water, cognate to the English word) with the diminutive ending -ka.

To that it added a diminutive ending, and presto!

It could also be from Norse būð, cognate with English booth with a diminutive ending.