Risorese names

=Personal Names=

Nominalising Relative Clauses
One method of name formation is to use a whole relative clause along with the noun it modifies. The noun can be anything but the most common for men is to use *si* ("man") and for women it is to use rior ("woman"):


 * Sikamin

si ka min

man what worry

"The man who worries"


 * Riorkamin

rior ka min

woman what worry

"The woman who worries"

=Place names=


 * -ihui: Forms names of forests or of places by oak forests.
 * Sikaminihui ("the forest of Sikamin")