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Danish
Suffix
-bo
- inhabitant of
Declension
Derived terms
Garo
Etymology
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Suffix
-bo
- Final imperative particle.
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Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”). Compare fīō (“I become”).
Suffix
-bō
- Used to form some inflected forms of the verbs.
- amō (“I love”) > amābō (“I will love”)
- amō (“I love”) > amābam (“I was loving”)
Conjugation
It correlates with the conjugation of the present active indicative forms as well as the present active subjunctive forms of the third conjugation:
Original form |
Derived form
|
1s |
2s |
3s |
1p |
2p |
3p
|
Present active indicative (third conjugation)
|
Future active indicative
|
-bō |
-bis |
-bit |
-bimus |
-bitis |
-bunt
|
Present active subjunctive
|
Imperfect active indicative
|
-bam |
-bās |
-bat |
-bāmus |
-bātis |
-bant
|
Present passive indicative
|
Future passive indicative
|
-bor |
-beris |
-bitur |
-bimur |
-biminī |
-buntur
|
Present passive subjunctive
|
Imperfect passive indicative
|
-bar |
-bāris |
-bātur |
-bāmur |
-bāminī |
-bantur
|
Livvi
Etymology
Presumably borrowed from Russian ибо (ibo).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-bo
- Emphasises the suffixed word.
- kui (“how?”) + -bo → kuibo (“how (indeed)?”)
- mi (“what?”) + -bo → mibo (“what (then)?”)
Derived terms
References
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 26
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbuː/, (uncommon, sometimes proscribed) /bʊ/
Suffix
-bo c
- Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places, in particular towns/cities.
- London (“London”) + -bo → Londonbo (“Londoner”)
- (historical) Synonym of bygd (“region; district”)
Usage notes
-bo will work in almost all cases; -are is more common for certain towns/cities. But also in those cases, -bo should be considered valid. Note that in some cases, typically when the name of the location is a compound word, the interfix -s- is inserted before -bo, e.g. Stockholmsbo.
-it is even less common, denoting a person with very strong bonds towards the town or city in question; someone who lived there all of his/her life, possibly even with ancestors who lived there too. Only a few towns/cities give rise to commonly used -it-forms, notably Malmö (malmöit).
Derived terms
See also
Taos
Pronunciation
Postposition
-bo
- up against
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