-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)

  1. vocative plural of -ई m or f (-ī)
  2. vocative plural of -इया f (-iyā)

References
  1. Oberlies, Thomas (2005) A Historical Grammar of Hindi, Grazer Vergleichende Arbeiten, →ISBN, page 6
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