Esperanto edit

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-alo

  1. (organic chemistry) Forms the names of aldehydes.
    metano (methane) + ‎-alo → ‎metanalo (formaldehyde)
    etano (ethane) + ‎-alo → ‎etanalo (acetaldehyde)

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

The reason for the -a- is not well understood.

Suffix edit

-alo

  1. 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

  1. Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having the quality of".
    baxt (luck) + ‎-alo → ‎baxtalo (lucky)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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)

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting senses or objects, used as a pejorative or as an abstract noun.

See also edit