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-o¹
Where it comes from
In Sabaki, cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -o and Giryama -o. Other Bantu cognates include Zulu -o and Chichewa -o.
suffix
- suffix used in nominal forms of verbs in the absence of a more specific suffix (such as -aji), in conjunction with a noun class prefix -penda (“to love”) + -o → upendo (“love”)
- [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-wa class|wa class_((II))]], [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#M-mi class|m class_((III))]], and [[Appendix:Swahili_noun_classes#U class|u class_((XI))]] relative marker
- relative marker for any noun class اَوُرَكِيْبُوُ جُوَ نِمَاسِ ، كَكُلَ خَسَرَ اُخَسِرِيِ
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suffix
- nonce suffix added for rhyming and scansion purposes Ukitaka moyo wangu, ni tayari kukupao
Talk about this word "-o." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/-o. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. -o. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/-o "-o." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/-o.Cite this
@misc{o_2026,
title = {-o},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/-o},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
