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I was thinking what is the correct way to say "Little princess" in Ido.

(EN) Little princess - Little (indicates the "size") Princess (descendant of some royal crown and that descendant is female).

(ES) Princesita - Princes (root), -it- (suffix for "litte"), -a (indicates female gender).

We should translate as in english like "Mikra princino"? or in the Spanish way like "Princetino"?

If Ido suffixes are agglutinative, is there a particular order? "-et" suffix for little "-in" for female... we could get "Princineto".

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  • Longer strings of suffixes are very ordinary in Esperanto, so I would assume they're acceptable in Ido.
    – Anton Sherwood
    Aug 27, 2019 at 16:12

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After a research, I finally found this example which explains this.

si quieres decir una perra (adulta) pequeña, el orden adecuado es entonces perra+pequeña = hundineto. El orden contrario es poco natural y hace dudar al que oye la palabra hundetino = perrito hembra

So the valid ones for Little princess are: 1. Mikra princino = "Little" + "female descendant of some royal crown" 2. Princineto = A female descendant of some royal crown who is little.

"Princetino" would be like: A little descendant of some royal crown who is female.

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