"-bo" meaning in Swedish

See -bo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˌbuː/, /bʊ/ [proscribed, sometimes, uncommon]
Etymology: From Old Swedish -boe, from Old Norse búi, from Proto-Germanic *būô. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|-boe}} Old Swedish -boe, {{inh|sv|non|búi}} Old Norse búi, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*būô}} Proto-Germanic *būô Head templates: {{head|sv|suffix|g=c}} -bo c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-r}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -bo [indefinite, nominative, singular], -bos [genitive, indefinite, singular], -bon [definite, nominative, singular], -bons [definite, genitive, singular], -bor [indefinite, nominative, plural], -bors [genitive, indefinite, plural], -borna [definite, nominative, plural], -bornas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places, in particular towns/cities. Tags: common-gender, morpheme
    Sense id: en--bo-sv-suffix-VlkS1ho- Categories (other): Swedish links with redundant alt parameters, Swedish links with redundant wikilinks, Pages using catfix, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. (historical) synonym of bygd (“region; district”) Tags: common-gender, historical, morpheme Synonyms: bygd [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms (Synonym of bygd): Sunnerbo, Västbo, Östbo
    Sense id: en--bo-sv-suffix-9ujo0t6h Disambiguation of 'Synonym of bygd': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -are, -it
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "-boe"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish -boe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "búi"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse búi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*būô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *būô",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish -boe, from Old Norse búi, from Proto-Germanic *būô.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bons",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-borna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "-bo c",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-r"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-are"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "-it"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "London (“London”) + -bo → Londonbo (“Londoner”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places, in particular towns/cities."
      ],
      "id": "en--bo-sv-suffix-VlkS1ho-",
      "links": [
        [
          "resident",
          "resident"
        ],
        [
          "towns",
          "towns"
        ],
        [
          "cities",
          "cities"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "derived": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "sense": "Synonym of bygd",
          "word": "Sunnerbo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "sense": "Synonym of bygd",
          "word": "Västbo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "sense": "Synonym of bygd",
          "word": "Östbo"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "synonym of bygd (“region; district”)"
      ],
      "id": "en--bo-sv-suffix-9ujo0t6h",
      "links": [
        [
          "bygd",
          "bygd#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) synonym of bygd (“region; district”)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "region; district",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "bygd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "historical",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌbuː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "proscribed",
        "sometimes",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-bo"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish common-gender suffixes",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish suffixes",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "sense": "Synonym of bygd",
      "word": "Sunnerbo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Synonym of bygd",
      "word": "Västbo"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Synonym of bygd",
      "word": "Östbo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
        "3": "-boe"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Swedish -boe",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "búi"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse búi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*būô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *būô",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish -boe, from Old Norse búi, from Proto-Germanic *būô.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-infl-noun-c-r",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bons",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bor",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bors",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-borna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-bornas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "c"
      },
      "expansion": "-bo c",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-infl-noun-c-r"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-are"
    },
    {
      "word": "-it"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Swedish links with redundant wikilinks"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "London (“London”) + -bo → Londonbo (“Londoner”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form the names of residents or inhabitants of particular places, in particular towns/cities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "resident",
          "resident"
        ],
        [
          "towns",
          "towns"
        ],
        [
          "cities",
          "cities"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "synonym of bygd (“region; district”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bygd",
          "bygd#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) synonym of bygd (“region; district”)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "extra": "region; district",
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "bygd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "historical",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌbuː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "proscribed",
        "sometimes",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-bo"
}

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