fo-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fo"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fo- (under, beneath; about, around) (compare modern faoi), from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (under, up from under).

Prefix

fo-

  1. sub-, under-, hypo-, secondary, subsidiary
  2. minor, lesser; light, trivial
  3. odd, occasional

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with fo-

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fo- fho- bhfo-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Manx

Etymology

From fo, from Old Irish fo (under, beneath; towards, into, through; throughout, over; on, about, around).

Prefix

fo-

  1. sub-, under-

Derived terms

Manx terms prefixed with fo-

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
fo-o-vo-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • fu-

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸo-. Prefix form of fo.

Prefix

fo-

  1. sub-, under-

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with fo-

Descendants

  • Irish: fo-
  • Manx: fo-
  • Scottish Gaelic: fo-

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
fo- ḟo- fo-
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From fo, from Old Irish fo (under, beneath; towards, into, through; throughout, over; on, about, around).

Prefix

fo-

  1. sub-, under-, infra-

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms prefixed with fo-

References

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with Tehit f- (first-person plural inclusive prefix).

Pronoun

fo- (Jawi فو-)

  1. first-person plural inclusive clitic, we

See also

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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