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Esperanto
Pronunciation
Suffix
-alo
- (organic chemistry) Forms the names of aldehydes.
- metano (“methane”) + -alo → metanalo (“formaldehyde”)
- etano (“ethane”) + -alo → etanalo (“acetaldehyde”)
Finnish
Etymology
The reason for the -a- is not well understood.
Suffix
-alo
- Alternative form of -lo
Usage notes
Attached only to e-stems.
Derived terms
Romani
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit -𑀆𑀮 (-āla), from Sanskrit -आल (-āla).
Suffix
-alo
- Added to a noun to form an adjective meaning "having the quality of".
- baxt (“luck”) + -alo → baxtalo (“lucky”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 42
Serbo-Croatian
Suffix
-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.
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