"-o" meaning in Turkish

See -o in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /o/
Etymology: Borrowed from Northern Kurdish -o (masculine vocative suffix). Doesn't appear in common Turkish speech until the last few decades. Etymology templates: {{bor+|tr|kmr|-o}} Borrowed from Northern Kurdish -o Head templates: {{head|tr|suffix}} -o
  1. (Internet slang) added arbitrarily to words to form slang words Tags: Internet, morpheme
    Sense id: en--o-tr-suffix-PhaINDax
  2. used to form shortened nicknames Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--o-tr-suffix-qUhldgx2 Categories (other): Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 38 62
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    {
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        "1": "tr",
        "2": "kmr",
        "3": "-o"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Northern Kurdish -o",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Northern Kurdish -o (masculine vocative suffix). Doesn't appear in common Turkish speech until the last few decades.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-o",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "aşk + -o → aşko"
        },
        {
          "text": "erkek + -o → erko"
        },
        {
          "text": "günaydın + -o → güno"
        },
        {
          "text": "şaka + -o → şako"
        },
        {
          "text": "sik + -o → sikko"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "added arbitrarily to words to form slang words"
      ],
      "id": "en--o-tr-suffix-PhaINDax",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang) added arbitrarily to words to form slang words"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Abdullah + -o → Apo"
        },
        {
          "text": "İbrahim + -o → İbo"
        },
        {
          "text": "Mukaddes + -o → Muko"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form shortened nicknames"
      ],
      "id": "en--o-tr-suffix-qUhldgx2",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/o/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-o"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 40 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Turkish lemmas",
    "Turkish suffixes",
    "Turkish terms borrowed from Northern Kurdish",
    "Turkish terms derived from Northern Kurdish"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "kmr",
        "3": "-o"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Northern Kurdish -o",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Northern Kurdish -o (masculine vocative suffix). Doesn't appear in common Turkish speech until the last few decades.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-o",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "suffix",
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      "categories": [
        "Turkish internet slang"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "aşk + -o → aşko"
        },
        {
          "text": "erkek + -o → erko"
        },
        {
          "text": "günaydın + -o → güno"
        },
        {
          "text": "şaka + -o → şako"
        },
        {
          "text": "sik + -o → sikko"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "added arbitrarily to words to form slang words"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet slang) added arbitrarily to words to form slang words"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Abdullah + -o → Apo"
        },
        {
          "text": "İbrahim + -o → İbo"
        },
        {
          "text": "Mukaddes + -o → Muko"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to form shortened nicknames"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/o/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-o"
}

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