"-njo" meaning in Esperanto

See -njo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /njo/
Etymology: From Russian -ня (-nja), an ending of Russian diminutives of personal names (male and female: Таня (Tanja), Саня (Sanja), Ваня (Vanja) etc). Etymology templates: {{der|eo|ru|-ня}} Russian -ня (-nja) Head templates: {{head|eo|suffixes}} -njo
  1. (informal, endearing) forms affectionate derivatives of feminine names, after the first one to five letters of the name: Tags: endearing, informal, morpheme Coordinate_terms: -ĉjo (english: masculine affectionate names), -jo (english: gender-neutral affectionate names)

Inflected forms

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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Russian -ня (-nja), an ending of Russian diminutives of personal names (male and female: Таня (Tanja), Саня (Sanja), Ваня (Vanja) etc).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "eo",
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    }
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  "pos": "suffix",
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        },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
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        },
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "english": "masculine affectionate names",
          "word": "-ĉjo"
        },
        {
          "english": "gender-neutral affectionate names",
          "word": "-jo"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Susano (“Susan”) + -njo → Sunjo (“Suzy, Sue”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Emilio (“Emily”) + -njo → Eminjo (“Emmy, Em”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "patrino (“mother”) + -njo → panjo (“mummy, mom”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "onklino (“aunt”) + -njo → onjo (“auntie”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "forms affectionate derivatives of feminine names, after the first one to five letters of the name"
      ],
      "id": "en--njo-eo-suffix-0s5ze~el",
      "links": [
        [
          "endearing",
          "endearing"
        ],
        [
          "affectionate",
          "affectionate#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal, endearing) forms affectionate derivatives of feminine names, after the first one to five letters of the name:"
      ],
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        "endearing",
        "informal",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "-njo"
}
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    {
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      "word": "-ĉjo"
    },
    {
      "english": "gender-neutral affectionate names",
      "word": "-jo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "3": "-ня"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "suffixes"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "suffix",
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        "Esperanto informal terms",
        "Esperanto lemmas",
        "Esperanto suffixes",
        "Esperanto terms derived from Russian",
        "Esperanto terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Susano (“Susan”) + -njo → Sunjo (“Suzy, Sue”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Emilio (“Emily”) + -njo → Eminjo (“Emmy, Em”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "patrino (“mother”) + -njo → panjo (“mummy, mom”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "onklino (“aunt”) + -njo → onjo (“auntie”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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          "endearing"
        ],
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          "affectionate",
          "affectionate#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(informal, endearing) forms affectionate derivatives of feminine names, after the first one to five letters of the name:"
      ],
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        "endearing",
        "informal",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/njo/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-njo"
}

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