-इयो
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa -इअहु (iahu), ultimately a univerbation of Sanskrit -इकाः (-ikāḥ), the vocative plural ending of both -इक m (-ika) and -इका f (-ikā), and Sanskrit भोस् (bhos). See -आ (-ā). [1]
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɪ.joː/, [i.joː]
Suffix
-इयो • (-iyo)
- vocative plural of -ई m or f (-ī)
- vocative plural of -इया f (-iyā)
References
- Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 6