Translation
female pet name, root clipped short
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Examples
, .
Mum, I have already finished the work.
Franjo .
Sis helped me with the letter.
Onjo .
Auntie came from the village with presents.
Manjo.
We all call her Molly.
.
Mum and dad are waiting in the garden.
-- is the female half of the pet-name pair, and like -- it clips the root before it attaches. cuts back to pa and becomes , mum. gives franjo, gives onjo, Maria gives Manjo, Sofia gives Sonjo. The result is a noun in -o.
Notice what the clipping removes. Cutting back to pa throws away the -in- as well, so the femininity now rides entirely on -- itself. Putting the suffix back is wrong: there is no o, and o is not how anyone writes it either.
Affection, not size, is the point. o is a small mother. is your mum, whatever height she happens to be.
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