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Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Suffix
-co
- (added to nouns) on, in, at; used to form placenames or indicate location. If the steam ends with a vowel, uses the form -c.
- Example:
- tlapanco (literally “place on the roof”), from tlapantli (“roof”)
- Xōchimīlco (literally “place on the flower fields”), from xōchitl (“flower”) + mīlli (“cultivated field”)
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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Declined forms of -cus (adjectival suffix).
Suffix
-cō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -cus
Etymology 2
Declined forms of -cum (nominal suffix).
Suffix
-cō n
- dative/ablative singular of -cum
Yagara
Suffix
-co
- Used to form verbs from nouns, with the verb meaning "to perform an action related to the noun, usually collecting or working with it".
- dar (“earth”) + -co → darco (“to work the earth”)
Derived terms
References
- Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.