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====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
The suffixes ''-ujo'' and {{m|eo|-ingo}} signify different kinds of containers: An ''-ingo'' can contain only a single object or part of an object, such as a {{m|eo|glavingo|t=scabbard}} (the entire sword isn't inside the holder for example, and it can hold only one sword), {{m|eo|plumingo|t=pen holder}}, {{m|eo|kandelingo|t=a candlestick}}, or {{m|eo|fingringo|t=a thimble}}. An ''-ujo'' is a container for multiple objects, generally something which one replenishes or keeps in quantity, and it usually contains things in their entirety, such as a {{m|eo|cigarujo|t=cigar box}} or {{m|eo|sukerujo|t=sugar bowl}}.
The suffixes ''-ujo'' and {{m|eo|-ingo}} signify different kinds of containers: An ''-ingo'' can contain only a single object or part of an object, such as a {{m|eo|glavingo|t=scabbard}} (the entire sword isn't inside the holder for example, and it can hold only one sword), {{m|eo|plumingo|t=pen holder}}, {{m|eo|kandelingo|t=a candlestick}}, or {{m|eo|fingringo|t=a thimble}}. An ''-ujo'' is a container for multiple objects, generally something which one replenishes or keeps in quantity, and it usually contains things in their entirety, such as a {{m|eo|cigarujo|t=cigar box}} or {{m|eo|sukerujo|t=sugar bowl}}.

''-ujo'' is almost never used for names of fruit trees outside of early Esperanto writings. This archaic usage comes directly from the [[w:Fundamento de Esperanto|''Fundamento de Esperanto'']], but has been nearly entirely supplanted by compounds ending in {{m|eo|arbo|t=tree}} or {{m|eo|arbusto|t=bush}}, such as {{m|eo|pomarbo|t=apple tree}}.

Likewise, country names using ''-ujo'' are little used nowadays, having generally been replaced by names ending in {{m|eo|-io}} or {{m|eo|-o}}. However, in recent times, the ''-ujo'' is regaining popularity.


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Revision as of 23:20, 25 August 2023

See also: ujo and Ujo

Esperanto

Etymology

Unknown; French étui (“case”) has been suggested.[1]

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ujo

  1. something filled with, a container or box for
    ‎inko (“ink”) + ‎-ujo → ‎inkujo (“inkpot”).
  2. a country inhabited by, or associated with, an ethnic group
    ‎turko (“Turk”) + ‎-ujo → ‎Turkujo (“Turkey”).
  3. a tree of that fruit type
    ‎pomo (“apple”) + ‎-ujo → ‎pomujo (“apple tree”).

Usage notes

The suffixes -ujo and -ingo signify different kinds of containers: An -ingo can contain only a single object or part of an object, such as a glavingo (“scabbard”) (the entire sword isn't inside the holder for example, and it can hold only one sword), plumingo (“pen holder”), kandelingo (“a candlestick”), or fingringo (“a thimble”). An -ujo is a container for multiple objects, generally something which one replenishes or keeps in quantity, and it usually contains things in their entirety, such as a cigarujo (“cigar box”) or sukerujo (“sugar bowl”).

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -ujo

Descendants

  • Ido: -uyo

References

  1. ^ Floriano Pessoa, 2005, Etimologio: Skizo pri la deveno de la vortoj de Esperanto[1]

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -uculus, an expanded form of -culus.

Suffix

-ujo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ujos, feminine -uja, feminine plural -ujas)

  1. added to nouns of either gender to denote a diminutive form

Usage notes

  • Often pejorative.

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ujo
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