-o

Laefevian

Etymology

From Proto-Laenkean *-iwis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-o/ [-o]

Suffix

-o (nominal, heavy vowel-stem)

1. Used to form nouns denoting places or spaces from verbs or other nouns, with a very broad semantic meaning.

   navad (“to hunt”) → navo (“hunting area, hunting ground”)

   uššusurvad (“to take refuge”) → uššuso (“refuge, shelter”)

   lahturad (“to host”) → lahturo (“inn, guest house”)

   hwaran (“fire”) → hwarno (“fireplace”)

   ynge (“seed”) → yngio (“granary”)

   þynt (“axis, axle”) → þynto (“fulcrum”)

   løñad (“to melt”) → løño (“melting point”)

2. Used to form places where animals live from corresponding animal names.

   ormiz (“wasp”) → ormigo (“wasp nest”)

   hiegga (“swallow”) → hieggo (“swallow nest”)

   êpaþ (“badger”) → êpaþo (“sett, badger's den)”)

   gwarþ (“bear”) → gwarþo (“bear den”)

   varǧies (“ant”) → varǧijo (“anthill”)

Declension

Primary case declension of -o (see Laefevian declension)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-o	-ond	-or
accusative	-ode	-ondi	-oi
genitive	-oda	-ondas	-os, -oras†
dative	-on	-ondon	-oron
locative	-ol	-ondos	-oros
instrumental	-ovô	-ondêt	-orêt

Secondary case declension of -o (see Laefevian declension)
accusative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
sublative	-odere	-ondire	-orire
illative	-odele	-ondile	-orile
benefactive	-odear	-ondiar	-oriar
prolative	-odekwe	-ondikwe	-orikwe
causal-final	-odis	-ondire	-orris
genitive-based cases	singular	dual	plural
delative	-odôka	-ondirka	-orka
prolative	-odôtan	-ondirtan	-ortan
egressive	-odaôn	-ondiruôn	-oruôn
essive	-odôjøn	-ondirjøn	-orjøn
prolative	-odôze	-ondirse	-orse
dative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
terminative	-omas	-ondirmas	-ormas
lative	-onši	-ondirši	-orši
locative-based cases	singular	dual	plural
superessive	-oneres, -onerc	-ondirorres, -ondorrec	-ororre
inessive	-olle	-ondirolles, -ondollec	-orolle
exessive	-onun	-ondirsun	-orsun
perlative	-offêl	-ondirfêl	-orfêl
instrumental-based cases	singular	dual	plural
translative	-ovôske	-ondirêskes, -ondêskec	-orêske
comitative	-osôd	-ondirtôds, -ondôdc	-ortôd

Derived terms

▶ Laefevian terms suffixed with -o