-tomo

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See also: tomo, Tomo, tomó, Tomō, tömő, and tomo-

Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Ancient Greek -τόμον (-tómon), akin to τέμνω (témnō, I cut).

Suffix

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-tomo m

  1. -tome (cutting instrument)

Etymology 2

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From Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos), derived from τέμνω (témnō, I cut).

Suffix

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-tomo m

  1. -tome (section, segment)
Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • -tomo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Japanese

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Romanization

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-tomo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とも

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek -τομον (-tomon, that cuts), from τέμνω (témnō, to cut).

Suffix

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-tomo (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -toma, masculine plural -tomos, feminine plural -tomas)

  1. -tomous

Suffix

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-tomo m (noun-forming suffix, plural -tomos)

  1. -tome

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Ye'kwana

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-tomo

  1. Forms plural possessed forms of animate nouns, including kinship terms and pets.

Usage notes

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This suffix takes the place of the ordinary possessive suffixes (-dü, -i, etc.) and plural suffix -komo and does not ordinarily co-occur with them. (It may occur with a following -komo as -tonkomo, but in this case it indicates plurality of the possessor rather than the possessed noun.) For many kinship terms, it attaches to a suppletive form rather than the ordinary form of the noun. Exceptionally, it is never used with the kinship term nne (son or daughter).

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-tomo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 115–118
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 306–307