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Etymology
Probably from Russian -у́ля (-úlja) and Polish -ula, both feminine noun suffixes.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ulo (nominal)
- person characterized by the quality expressed in the root
- avara (“avaricious”) + -ulo → avarulo (“a miser”)
- fervora (“zealous”) + -ulo → fervorulo (“a zealot”)
- juna (“young”) + -ulo → junulo (“a young person”)
- (zoology) member of group of animals characterized by the root
- mamulo, skvamulo, spongulo, vertebrulo
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
Back-formation from maskulo (“male”). Decision no. 714, Progreso V, 1090, Progreso VI.
Suffix
-ulo
- suffix denoting masculinity or a male
- Synonym: -maskulo
- Antonym: -ino
- avo (“grandparent”) + -ulo → avulo (“grandfather”)
- filio (“child, offspring”) + -ulo → filiulo (“son”)
- frato (“sibling”) + -ulo → fratulo (“brother”)
- kavalo (“horse”) + -ulo → kavalulo (“stallion”)
- kuzo (“cousin”) + -ulo → kuzulo (“(male) cousin”)
- nepoto (“grandchild”) + -ulo → nepotulo (“grandson”)
- nevo (“nephew or niece, nibling”) + -ulo → nevulo (“nephew”)
- onklo (“uncle or aunt”) + -ulo → onklulo (“uncle”)
- rejo (“monarch”) + -ulo → rejulo (“king”)
- spozo (“spouse”) + -ulo → spozulo (“husband”)
- yuno (“child”) + -ulo → yunulo (“boy”)
Derived terms
References
- Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 395, 472, 551, 616, 617
- Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 22, 26, 93, 96, 97
- Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 65, 277, 487
- Progreso VI (in Ido), 1913–1914, page 212
- Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 92, 353
Latin
Suffix
-ulō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -ulus