-alo
See also: Appendix:Variations of "alo"
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-alo
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
The reason for the -a- is not well understood.
Suffix edit
-alo
- Alternative form of -lo
Usage notes edit
Attached only to e-stems.
Derived terms edit
Romani edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀆𑀮 (-āla),[1] from Sanskrit -आल (-āla).[2]
Suffix edit
-alo
- Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having the quality of".
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “-aló”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 52-53
- ^ Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42
Serbo-Croatian edit
Suffix edit
-alo (Cyrillic spelling -ало)
- Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting senses or objects, used as a pejorative or as an abstract noun.