-co

See also: Appendix:Variations of "co"

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• -c

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ko/

Suffix

-co

1. (added to nouns) on, in, at; used to form placenames or indicate location. If the steam ends with a vowel, uses the form -c.

Example:

tlapanco (literally “place on the roof”), from tlapantli (“roof”)

Xōchimīlco (literally “place on the flower fields”), from xōchitl (“flower”) + mīlli (“cultivated field”)

Derived terms

Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -co

Related terms

• -copa
• -īxco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koː/, [koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko/, [kɔː]

Etymology 1

Declined forms of -cus (adjectival suffix).

Suffix

-cō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of -cus

Etymology 2

Declined forms of -cum (nominal suffix).

Suffix

-cō n

1. dative/ablative singular of -cum

Yagara

Suffix

-co

1. Used to form verbs from nouns, with the verb meaning "to perform an action related to the noun, usually collecting or working with it".

   dar (“earth”) + -co → darco (“to work the earth”)

Derived terms

Yagara terms suffixed with -co

References

• Eipper, Christopher, STATEMENT OF THE ORIGIN, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS, OF THE GERMAN MISSION TO THE ABORIGINES AT MORETON BAY, CONDUCTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN NEW SOUTH WALES, 1841.