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-kó

[kó]

suffix

LanguageNupe (Nigeria)

Meaning
  1. augmentative suffix; used to form nouns meaning a larger form of something.
  2. Used to form a nominalised and superlative form of verbs.
  3. augmentative suffix
  4. A suffix added to a noun to indicate a larger size, or to a verb to create a superlative or nominalized form.
Examples

èsá + -ko → èsákó

Stool + suffix = Table.

Pronunciationkó

Part of speechsuffix

Usage noteUsed to denote things that are bigger versions of the base noun.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.