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Esperanto
Etymology
Unknown; French étui (“case”) has been suggested.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ujo
- something filled with, a container or box for
- abelo (“bee”) + -ujo → abelujo (“beehive”)
- almozo (“alms”) + kolekti (“to collect”) + -ujo → almozkolektujo (“poor box”)
- bani (“to bathe”) + -ujo → banujo (“bathtub”)
- bapti (“to baptize”) + -ujo → baptujo (“baptismal font”)
- ĉerizo (“cherry”) + -ujo → ĉerizujo (“cherry basket”)
- inko (“ink”) + -ujo → inkujo (“inkpot”)
- kuiri (“to cook”) + -ujo → kuirujo (“kitchenware”)
- lavi (“to wash”) + -ujo → lavujo (“sink, basin”)
- a place, usually a country, inhabited by, or associated with, an ethnic group
- andaluzo (“Andalusian”) + -ujo → Andaluzujo (“Andalusia”)
- flandro (“Fleming”) + -ujo → Flandrujo (“Flanders”)
- hindo (“Indian”) + -ujo → Hindujo (“(Zamenhof) the Indian subcontinent; (historical) the British Raj, British India; (dated) modern India, the Republic of India”)
- mojosa (“cool”) + -ujo → Mojosujo (“fake country where Esperantistoj come from”)
- patro (“father”) + -ujo → patrujo (“fatherland”)
- ŝvabo (“Swabian”) + -ujo → Ŝvabujo (“Swabia”)
- turko (“Turk”) + -ujo → Turkujo (“Turkey”)
- a plant, usually a tree, of that flower or fruit type
- ananaso (“pineapple”) + -ujo → ananasujo (“pineapple plant”)
- anizo (“anise”) + -ujo → anizujo (“anise (plant)”)
- banano (“banana”) + -ujo → bananujo (“banana plant”)
- pomo (“apple”) + -ujo → pomujo (“apple tree”)
- rozo (“rose”) + -ujo → rozujo (“rose bush”)
- rubuso (“blackberry”) + -ujo → rubusujo (“blackberry bush”)
- vinbero (“grape”) + -ujo → vinberujo (“vine”)
- 1927, B. Prus, La Faraono, Ĉapitro VIII:
Ĉie kreskis palmoj, figarboj, oranĝujoj, poploj, akacioj, kiuj formis aŭ aleojn, kiuj sin direktis al la ĉefaj partoj de l’ mondo, aŭ grupoj de arboj, plantitaj regule kaj preskaŭ de sama alteco.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1970, Beaucaire, Kruko kaj Baniko el Bervalo:
- 1997-2003, Máire Nic Aoidh, "Dommastrumo", Monato
Mi komencis aĉeti belajn arbojn kaj plantis ilin en la herbaro: ekzemple acerojn kun bela ŝelo, “plorantan” fagon, pirarbon kaj pomujojn.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
The suffixes -ujo and -ingo signify different kinds of containers: An -ingo can contain only a single object or part of an object, such as a glavingo (“scabbard”) (the entire sword isn't inside the holder for example, and it can hold only one sword), plumingo (“pen holder”), kandelingo (“a candlestick”), or fingringo (“a thimble”). An -ujo is a container for multiple objects, generally something which one replenishes or keeps in quantity, and it usually contains things in their entirety, such as a cigarujo (“cigar box”) or sukerujo (“sugar bowl”).
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References
- ^ Floriano Pessoa, 2005, Etimologio: Skizo pri la deveno de la vortoj de Esperanto
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin -uculus, an expanded form of -culus.
Suffix
-ujo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ujos, feminine -uja, feminine plural -ujas)
- added to nouns of either gender to denote a diminutive form
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