-léero

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Mayo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish -ero, from Latin -ārius.

Suffix[edit]

-léero

  1. Forms nouns from verbs, meaning "person who [verbs]"
    tequipanoa (work) + ‎-léero → ‎tequipanoaléero (worker)
  2. Forms nouns from nouns, meaning "person associated with [noun]"
    cutchu (fish) + ‎-léero → ‎cuchuléero (fisherman)

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Collard, Howard, Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984) Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎[1] (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 204