-ilyo

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin -ellus

Old Spanish -iello

Spanish -illobor.

Tagalog -ilyo

Borrowed from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, an extension of -lus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈiljo/ [ˈil.jo]
• Rhymes: -iljo
• Syllabification: -il‧yo

Suffix

-ilyo (noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜒᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. suffix used to form masculine diminutive nouns

Derived terms

• Tagalog terms suffixed with -ilyo

  batilyo

  binatilyo

  kotsinilyo

  kursilyo