-bo

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Danish

Suffix

-bo

  1. inhabitant of

Declension

Derived terms

Garo

Etymology

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Suffix

-bo

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places, in particular towns/cities.
    London (London) + ‎-bo → ‎Londonbo (Londoner)
  2. (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

Synonym of bygd

See also

Taos

Pronunciation

Postposition

-bo

  1. up against

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