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Suffix "ino"

by Ploppsy32, December 14, 2019

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nornen (User's profile) December 18, 2019, 7:49:39 PM

What do you think about words such as woman, mother, sister, daughter, etc...?

What is this question about?

Jxusteno (User's profile) December 18, 2019, 8:16:58 PM

Ploppsy32:What do you all think about words such as, virino, patrino, fratino, filino, etc...?
I think they are female.

Jxusteno (User's profile) December 18, 2019, 8:22:02 PM

The suffix "-in-" means "female", the word "ino" itself means "female (one)".
So, if we literally translate e. g. "vidv/in/o", it will be something like "female widower" (="widow").

Ploppsy32 (User's profile) December 18, 2019, 8:25:42 PM

I don't know I was just hoping you all would start some big debate

Ploppsy32 (User's profile) December 18, 2019, 8:27:44 PM

Though honestly, I'm not a big fan of the word "fratino" because if a person were to directly translate it it would be "female brother".

Ploppsy32 (User's profile) December 18, 2019, 8:29:22 PM

And I don't think of my sister as a female brother

nornen (User's profile) December 18, 2019, 8:29:50 PM

wo-man (< wifman) is a female man in English, too.

Ploppsy32 (User's profile) December 18, 2019, 8:31:56 PM

The whole concept of sisters being nothing but female brothers doesn't even make sense because a brother is a male sibling so saying my female male sibling cancels the genders out.

Jxusteno (User's profile) December 18, 2019, 8:32:24 PM

nornen:wo-man (< wifman) is a female man in English, too.
If I'm not erring, the word "man" originally used to mean "human being"...

Ploppsy32 (User's profile) December 18, 2019, 8:33:39 PM

nornen:wo-man (< wifman) is a female man in English, too.
yea good point.

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