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Esperanto
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *-dlo and Proto-Germanic *-ilaz. Compare Russian -ло (-lo) and Polish -dło, English, Dutch, and German -el, as well as Old Norse -ill.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ilo
- an instrument, a tool for performing the action of the root
- pafi (“to shoot”) + -ilo → pafilo (“firearm”)
- piki (“to sting, prick”) + -ilo → pikilo (“stinger”)
- segi (“to saw”) + -ilo → segilo (“saw”)
- tondi (“to shear”) + -ilo → tondilo (“scissors”)
- tranĉi (“to cut, slice”) + -ilo → tranĉilo (“knife”)
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
Back-formation from utensilo (“utensil, tool, instrument”).
Suffix
-ilo
- A suffix used with a verbal root to denote an instrument, tool, or means of performing an action.
- fotografar (“to photograph”) + -ilo → fotografilo (“camera”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “Sufixi. (ik-yun)”, in Kompleta gramatiko detaloza (in Ido), 2015 December 23 (last accessed)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Suffix
-ilo (Cyrillic spelling -ило)
- Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting senses or objects, used as a pejorative or as an abstract noun.
Declension
See also
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood(s), material(s), matter, subject”) through French -yle, like English -yl.
Suffix
-ilo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ilos)
- (organic chemistry) -yl
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