Dictionary:-so

Besoh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Andusian *-so, through Proto-South-Andusian -so.

Suffix

-so

1. forms agent nouns: one who does the action (korso “horse — the runner”, kponso “hunter”)
2. (grammar) forms the active participle, standing before its noun and taking its own object: korsu muqso bo' “a man driving horses”

Proto-Andusian

Etymology

Compare *soc (“male; the begetter”).

Suffix

*-so

1. forms agent nouns: one who does the action
2. (by extension) one given to the action, one who does it by nature

Derived terms

• Proto-North-Andusian: *boŋboso
• Proto-North-Andusian: *keso
• Proto-North-Andusian: *sacso
• Proto-South-Andusian: *kɔŋso

Descendants

• Proto-North-Andusian: *-so
• Proto-South-Andusian: *-so
• Proto-Unterian: *-so (a stem-final obstruent drops before it)