-jo
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "jo"
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived by analogy with the masculine suffix -ĉj- and the feminine suffix -nj-.
Suffix[edit]
-jo
- (neologism, endearing) Forms gender-neutral affectionate derivatives of names.[1]
Coordinate terms[edit]
References[edit]
Ye'kwana[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-jo
- Forms causative verbs from transitive verbs, intransitive verbs with agent-like arguments, and a handful of intransitive verbs with patient-like arguments that begin with e-. Intransitive verbs converted this way remain morphologically intransitive.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-jo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[2], Lyon, pages 134–135