-ling
//lɪŋ//
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The word "-ling" can be used as a suffix.
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buckling cageling castling changeling darkling darling daughterling doeling duckling earthling endling fatling fingerling firstling flatling fledgling fondling foundling goatling godling gosling hatchling headling hireling kindling lambling lordling nestling overling pigling princeling puffling ridgeling sapling seedling shaveling sideling spiderling sportling starveling stripling suckling sunderling swanling underling vetchling weakling wildling witling wordling worldling yearling youngling
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