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avo (plural avos)
avo (plural avos)
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habəl (“weave cloth”).
avo
From Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os.
avo (accusative singular avon, plural avoj, accusative plural avojn)
avo
Inflection of avo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | avo | avot | ||
genitive | avon | avojen | ||
partitive | avoa | avoja | ||
illative | avoon | avoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | avo | avot | ||
accusative | nom. | avo | avot | |
gen. | avon | |||
genitive | avon | avojen | ||
partitive | avoa | avoja | ||
inessive | avossa | avoissa | ||
elative | avosta | avoista | ||
illative | avoon | avoihin | ||
adessive | avolla | avoilla | ||
ablative | avolta | avoilta | ||
allative | avolle | avoille | ||
essive | avona | avoina | ||
translative | avoksi | avoiksi | ||
abessive | avotta | avoitta | ||
instructive | — | avoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Borrowed from Esperanto avo (“grandfather, grandparent”), Italian avo, Spanish abuelo and French aïeul, from Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos.
avo (plural avi)
avo
Declension of avo (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | avo | avot |
genitive | avon | avvoin, avoloin |
partitive | avvoa | avoja, avoloja |
illative | avvoo | avvoi, avoloihe |
inessive | avos | avois, avolois |
elative | avost | avoist, avoloist |
allative | avolle | avoille, avoloille |
adessive | avol | avoil, avoloil |
ablative | avolt | avoilt, avoloilt |
translative | avoks | avoiks, avoloiks |
essive | avonna, avvoon | avoinna, avoloinna, avvoin, avoloin |
exessive1) | avont | avoint, avoloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).
avo m (plural avi, feminine ava)
From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Yami avo.
avo
avō
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.
avo
From the ending of [oit]avo.
avo m (plural avos)
From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Ivatan avo.
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