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Esperanto
Etymology
Derived by analogy with the masculine suffix -ĉj- and the feminine suffix -nj-.
Suffix
-jo
- (neologism, endearing) Forms gender-neutral affectionate derivatives of names.
- Alekso (“Alex”) + -jo → Alejo (“Alexy”)
- pupo (“doll”) + -jo → pupjo (“dolly”)
Coordinate terms
- -ĉjo (“masculine affectionate names”)
- -njo (“feminine affectionate names”)
References
- ^ Wennergren, Bertilo (2019) “J° kaj PJ°”, in Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko (in Esperanto), retrieved 2019-04-06
Franco-Provençal
Pronoun
-jo
- postpositive form of je
Ye'kwana
Variant orthographies
| ALIV
|
-jo
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| Brazilian standard
|
-jo
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| New Tribes
|
-jo
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Pronunciation
Suffix
-jo
- forms causative verbs from transitive verbs, intransitive verbs with agent-like arguments, and a handful of intransitive verbs with patient-like arguments that begin with e-; intransitive verbs converted this way remain morphologically intransitive
Derived terms
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-jo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon, pages 134–135