-co

See also: Appendix:Variations of "co"

English

Etymology

Clipping of company.

Suffix

Examples

-co

  1. Used to construct company names that borrow meaning from the root word.

See also

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-ko/

Suffix

-co

  1. (added to nouns) on, in, at; used to form placenames or indicate location. If the stem ends with a vowel, uses the form -c.
Example:
tlapanco (literally place on the roof), from tlapantli (roof)
Xōchimīlco (literally place on the flower fields), from xōchitl (flower) + mīlli (cultivated field)

Derived terms

  • -copa
  • -īxco

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Declined forms of -cus (adjectival suffix).

Suffix

-cō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -cus

Etymology 2

Declined forms of -cum (nominal suffix).

Suffix

-cō n

  1. dative/ablative singular of -cum

Yagara

Suffix

-co

  1. Used to form verbs from nouns, with the verb meaning "to perform an action related to the noun, usually collecting or working with it".
    dar (earth) + -co → darco (to work the earth)

Derived terms

Yagara terms suffixed with -co

References

  • Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.