-ow
Cornish edit
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Etymology edit
Cognate to Welsh -au, Breton -où.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ow
- Pluralization suffix, roughly equivalent to -s
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German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From native West Slavic languages, such as Polabian.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ow (not productive)
- A place name suffix found in parts of former East Germany (or along the former border, as in Lüchow).
- A surname suffix.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Polish -ów and Russian -ов (-ov).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ow (not productive)
- A surname suffix found in names borrowed from Polish or Russian.
- Romanisation of Russian -ов (-ov) in place names.
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Yapese edit
Suffix edit
-ow
- Dual subject pronoun marker.