Contionary:-o

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Valtamic

Etymology

From Proto-Valtamic *-o, *-u, from a merger of Proto-Italic *-āō, *-ēō, and *-eō. Cognate with Latin -ō, -āre and -eō, -ēre.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Valtamic) IPA: /-o/, (low-harmony) /-ɔ/; [ˌ-ɔ], (low-harmony) [ˌ-ɔ̞]

Verb

-o (high-harmony -ou, middle-harmony -o, low-harmony -o)

  1. used to derive verbs
    namän ("name") + -onamo ("to call, name")
    fytryr ("part") + -ofëtro ("to share, split")
  2. used to form the infinitive and gerund forms of verbs