-ujo

== Esperanto == === Etymology === Unknown; French étui (“case”) has been suggested. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈujo/ Rhymes: -ujo Syllabification: u‧jo === Suffix === -ujo something filled with, a container or box for ‎abelo (“bee”) + ‎-ujo → ‎abelujo (“beehive”) ‎almozo (“alms”) + ‎kolekti (“to collect”) + ‎-ujo → ‎almozkolektujo (“poor box”) ‎bani (“to bathe”) + ‎-ujo → ‎banujo (“bathtub”) ‎bapti (“to baptize”) + ‎-ujo → ‎baptujo (“baptismal font”) ‎ĉerizo (“cherry”) + ‎-ujo → ‎ĉerizujo (“cherry basket”) ‎inko (“ink”) + ‎-ujo → ‎inkujo (“inkpot”) ‎kuiri (“to cook”) + ‎-ujo → ‎kuirujo (“kitchenware”) ‎lavi (“to wash”) + ‎-ujo → ‎lavujo (“sink, basin”) a place, usually a country, inhabited by, or associated with, an ethnic group ‎andaluzo (“Andalusian”) + ‎-ujo → ‎Andaluzujo (“Andalusia”) ‎flandro (“Fleming”) + ‎-ujo → ‎Flandrujo (“Flanders”) ‎hindo (“Indian”) + ‎-ujo → ‎Hindujo (“(Zamenhof) the Indian subcontinent; (historical) the British Raj, British India; (dated) modern India, the Republic of India”) ‎mojosa (“cool”) + ‎-ujo → ‎Mojosujo (“fake country where Esperantistoj come from”) ‎patro (“father”) + ‎-ujo → ‎patrujo (“fatherland”) ‎ŝvabo (“Swabian”) + ‎-ujo → ‎Ŝvabujo (“Swabia”) ‎turko (“Turk”) + ‎-ujo → ‎Turkujo (“Turkey”) a plant, usually a tree, of that flower or fruit type ‎ananaso (“pineapple”) + ‎-ujo → ‎ananasujo (“pineapple plant”) ‎anizo (“anise”) + ‎-ujo → ‎anizujo (“anise (plant)”) ‎banano (“banana”) + ‎-ujo → ‎bananujo (“banana plant”) ‎pomo (“apple”) + ‎-ujo → ‎pomujo (“apple tree”) ‎rozo (“rose”) + ‎-ujo → ‎rozujo (“rose bush”) ‎rubuso (“blackberry”) + ‎-ujo → ‎rubusujo (“blackberry bush”) ‎vinbero (“grape”) + ‎-ujo → ‎vinberujo (“vine”) 1927, B. Prus, La Faraono, Ĉapitro VIII: 1970, Beaucaire, Kruko kaj Baniko el Bervalo: 1997-2003, Máire Nic Aoidh, "Dommastrumo", Monato ==== 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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== Ido: -uyo === References === == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin -uculus, an expanded form of -culus. === Suffix === -ujo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ujos, feminine -uja, feminine plural -ujas) added to nouns of either gender to denote a diminutive form ==== Usage notes ==== Often pejorative. ==== Derived terms ====