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-ow
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Appendix:Variations of "ow"
Cornish
Alternative forms
kw -yow
Etymology
Cognate to cy -au, br -où.
Pronunciation
kw [oʊ]
Suffix
kw suffix
Pluralization suffix, roughly equivalent to -s
kw chi house chiow houses
kw oy egg oyow eggs
Derived terms
kw
kw plural suffixes ow
German
Etymology 1
From native West Slavic languages, such as de pox -. Chiefly through de gml -; in originally High German areas the same Slavic suffix usually yields de -au.
Compare ru -ов, pl -ów, sh -ov, etc.
Pronunciation
de /o/
de De--ow.ogg
Suffix
de suffix de not productive
A place name suffix found in parts of former East Germany (or along the former border, as in Lüchow).
A surname suffix.
Related terms
de Grabow
de Treptow
Etymology 2
From de pl -ów and de ru -ов.
Pronunciation
de /ɔf/
Suffix
de suffix de not productive
A surname suffix found in names borrowed from Polish or Russian.
Romanisation of ru -ов in place names.
Related terms
de Gorbatschow
de Kalaschnikow
de terms derived from Slavic languages
Somali
Etymology
Cognate with om -aawuu and aa -oowe. Compare irk -aw inchoative suffix.
Pronunciation
so /ɞ́ʉ̀/ /ǽʉ̀/ citation form and before a consonant
so /ɞ́ːb/ before a vowel
Suffix
so suffix -ö̀w infinitive -oobi
inchoative suffix
Derived terms
so
References
135
Yapese
Suffix
yap suffix
Dual subject pronoun marker.