-jo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "jo"

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived by analogy with the masculine suffix -ĉj- and the feminine suffix -nj-.

Suffix

-jo

1. (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”)

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	-jo
Brazilian standard	-jo
New Tribes	-jo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [-ho]

Suffix

-jo

1. 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

Ye'kwana terms suffixed with -jo

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-jo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon, pages 134–135