-lo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lo" and -ло

Finnish

Etymology

From earlier -la-i, from -la +‎ -i.

Suffix

-lo (front vowel harmony variant -lö)

1. Forms various nouns.

Usage notes

• With bisyllabic stems, the preceding -a-, -ä- usually changes to -e- (compare -ella). e-stems however generally have the -e- turn into an -i-.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -lo

Italian

Pronoun

-lo

1. (enclitic) Alternative form of lo

   dare (“to give”) → darlo (“to give him”)

   vendere (“to sell”) → venderlo (“to sell him”)

   servire (“to serve”) → servirlo (“to serve him”)

   mangia (“eat!”) → mangialo (“eat him!”)

Usage notes

• Appended to present active infinitive verb forms to derive accusative forms when the object is third singular masculine person. Also appended to second singular person imperative forms. The final -e of the original infinitive is removed :

-are → -arlo

-ere → -erlo

-ire → -irlo

Where the verb ends in -rre, the final re is removed, leaving behind just an -r:

introdurre (“to introduce”) → introdurlo (“to introduce him”)

In any case, after the suffixation, there is only a single r and no vowels immediately before -lo.

Latin

Suffix

-lō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -lus

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-dlo.

Suffix

-lo (Cyrillic spelling -ло)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting senses or objects, used as a pejorative or as an abstract noun.
2. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine or neuter noun, usually for forming diminutives, pejoratives, abstract nouns and for denoting a tool.

See also

• -alo
• -ilo

Swahili

Suffix

-lo

1. ji class_(V) relative marker

See also

Swahili verbal concords (third person)

Class	Subject concord		Object concord	Relative
	affirmative	negative
m(I)	a-, yu-	ha-, hayu-	-m-, -mw-, -mu-	-ye
wa(II)	wa-	hawa-	-wa-	-o
m(III)	u-	hau-	-u-	-o
mi(IV)	i-	hai-	-i-	-yo
ji(V)	li-	hali-	-li-	-lo
ma(VI)	ya-	haya-	-ya-	-yo
ki(VII)	ki-	haki-	-ki-	-cho
vi(VIII)	vi-	havi-	-vi-	-vyo
n(IX)	i-	hai-	-i-	-yo
n(X)	zi-	hazi-	-zi-	-zo
u(XI)	u-	hau-	-u-	-o
ku(XV/XVII)	ku-	haku-	-ku-	-ko
pa(XVI)	pa-	hapa-	-pa-	-po
mu(XVIII)	m-, mw-, mu-	ham-, hamw-, hamu-	-mu-	-mo
For a full table including first and second person, see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns.