-ilo

== Esperanto == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *-dlo and Proto-Germanic *-ilaz. Compare Russian -ло (-lo) and Polish -dło, English, Dutch, and German -el, as well as Old Norse -ill. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈilo/ Rhymes: -ilo Syllabification: i‧lo === Suffix === -ilo an instrument, a tool for performing the action of the root ‎pafi (“to shoot”) + ‎-ilo → ‎pafilo (“firearm”) ‎piki (“to sting, prick”) + ‎-ilo → ‎pikilo (“stinger”) ‎segi (“to saw”) + ‎-ilo → ‎segilo (“saw”) ‎tondi (“to shear”) + ‎-ilo → ‎tondilo (“scissors”) ‎tranĉi (“to cut, slice”) + ‎-ilo → ‎tranĉilo (“knife”) ==== Derived terms ==== ilo === Further reading === “-il”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “-il”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Finnish == === Etymology === -i- perhaps from the plural marker -i-. === Suffix === -ilo (front vowel harmony variant -ilö, linguistic notation -ilO) alternative form of -lo ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Ido == === Etymology === Back-formation from utensilo (“utensil, tool, instrument”). === Suffix === -ilo A suffix used with a verbal root to denote an instrument, tool, or means of performing an action. ‎fotografar (“to photograph”) + ‎-ilo → ‎fotografilo (“camera”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Suffix === -ilo (Cyrillic spelling -ило) Suffix appended to words to create a neuter noun, usually denoting senses or objects, used as a pejorative or as an abstract noun. ==== Declension ==== === See also === -lo -alo == Spanish == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood(s), material(s), matter, subject”) through French -yle, like English -yl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈilo/ [ˈi.lo] Rhymes: -ilo Syllabification: -i‧lo === Suffix === -ilo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ilos) (organic chemistry) -yl === Further reading === “-ilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025