-bo

Some fourth conjugation verbs such as scīre used the -bō conjugation to construct the future (scībō, scībis, etc.), but switched to a similar pattern to the third conjugation (sciam, sciēs, etc.).

Conjugation

It correlates with the conjugation of the present indicative forms of the third conjugation.

Derived form	1s	2s	3s	1p	2p	3p
Future active indicative	-bō	-bis	-bit	-bimus	-bitis	-bunt
Future passive indicative	-bor	-beris	-bitur	-bimur	-biminī	-buntur

Related terms

-bam

Livvi

Etymology

Presumably borrowed from Russian ибо (ibo).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bo/

Suffix

-bo

Emphasises the suffixed word.
‎kui (“how?”) + ‎-bo → ‎kuibo (“how (indeed)?”)

‎mi (“what?”) + ‎-bo → ‎mibo (“what (then)?”)

Derived terms

Livvi terms suffixed with -bo

kuibo

References

Tatjana Boiko (2019), Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 26

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

-bu

Etymology

From bo (“to live, dwell”), from Old Norse búa (“to live, dwell”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *būaną (“to dwell, live, cultivate”). In botanical terminology, the element is used with prefixes such as en- (“one”), sam- (“together, same”), sær- (“separate”) and tve- (“two”) to describe whether male and female reproductive organs occur on the same plant or on separate plants.

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk -bu and Danish -bo (“botany suffix”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buː/
Rhymes: -uː
Hyphenation: -bo

Suffix

-bo

(botany) Used to form adjectives characterizing the arrangement of male and female reproductive organs in plants; -oecious.
en (“one”) +‎ -bo (“-oecious”) → enbo (“monoecious”)

sær (“separate”) +‎ -bo (“-oecious”) → særbo (“dioecious”)

Usage notes

This is the botany suffix. The inhabitant-forming suffix is normally -bu, not -bo.

Derived terms

enbo (“monoecious”)
sambo (“monoecious”)
særbo (“dioecious”)
tvebo (“dioecious”)

References

“-bo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“bo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish -boe, from Old Norse búi, from Proto-Germanic *būô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌbuː/, (uncommon, sometimes proscribed) /bʊ/

Suffix

-bo c

Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places, in particular towns/cities.
‎London (“London”) + ‎-bo → ‎Londonbo (“Londoner”)
(historical) synonym of bygd (“region; district”)

Usage notes

-bo will work in almost all cases; -are is more common for certain towns/cities. But also in those cases, -bo should be considered valid. Note that in some cases, typically when the name of the location is a compound word, the interfix -s- is inserted before -bo, e.g. Stockholmsbo.

-it is even less common, denoting a person with very strong bonds towards the town or city in question; someone who lived there all of his/her life, possibly even with ancestors who lived there too. Only a few towns/cities give rise to commonly used -it-forms, notably Malmö (malmöit).