-avo

Appendix:Variations of "avo" Italian Pronunciation -àvo Suffix verb used with a stem to form the first-person singular imperfect of regular it -are verbs Anagrams it aov ova Karelian Etymology From earlier urj-fin-pro *-ado, from krl urj-fin-pro *-o (whence also Finnish fi -o) plus the inflectional stem of verbs ending in urj-fin-pro *-at'ak. Cognates include fi -uu. Suffix krl suffix front vowel harmony variant -ävö Forms abstract nouns from verbs in -ata. Portuguese Suffix pt suffix m plural -avospt numeral-forming suffixes forms fractionals pt doze twelve dozeavo one twelfth Derived terms pt Spanish Pronunciation Suffix m added to a cardinal number to signify one portion of a whole divided into that number of pieces; forms both nouns and adjectives es doce<t:twelve> doceavo<t:one twelfth (e.g. of a cake)> Usage notes Only used for numbers greater than 10. Less common for numbers 1000 and above (use the es vigésimo ordinal form which is also signifies portions). If the cardinal number ends in es -a, do not add another one (es cuarentavo instead of !cuarentaavo). The conversion of es cien is irregular (es centavo). Derived terms es centavo cuarentavo noventavo ochentavo onceavo quintavo sesentavo setentavo treintavo veinteavo Further reading