voornaamwoordmannelijk
Masculine singular vocative suffix
Forms familiar or pet names
Gives the definitive sense to a familiar subject
Intensifies curses and cusswords
Voorbeelden
mêr > mêro
ker > kero
Birahîm > Biro
Ûsiv > Ûso
Camêro nizane çi bike jî
Kero em xapandin
Malxerabo!
Min kîrê keran di quzê diya te kiro!
Herkomst
From earlier *ûy, cognate with Persian ـویه, Middle Persian *-ōē, from Old Iranian *-avya- /au̯i̯a/. Originally was a suffix only for pet names. Compare also Armenian -ո (-o).