This is a simple tri-tip rub recipe straight from a barbeque in Santa Maria..
-ation. suffix forming nouns. 1. indicating an action, process, state, condition, or result Compare-ion, -tion: arbitration; cogitation; hibernation; moderation. [from Latin -ÄtiÅn-, suffix of abstract nouns, from -Ätus-ate 1 + -iÅn-ion].
-ia, suffix meaning a specified condition of a disease or process: athrombia, phrenoblabia, pontobulbia.