-njo

See also: njo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Russian -ня (-nja), an ending of Russian diminutives of personal names (male and female: Таня (Tanja), Саня (Sanja), Ваня (Vanja) etc).

Suffix

-njo

1. (informal, endearing) Forms affectionate female diminutives, usually of names, after the first one to five letters of the noun.

   ‎Susano (“Susan”) + ‎-njo → ‎Sunjo (“Suzy, Sue”)

   ‎Emilio (“Emily”) + ‎-njo → ‎Eminjo (“Emmy, Em”)

   ‎patrino (“mother”) + ‎-njo → ‎panjo (“mummy, mom”)

   ‎onklino (“aunt”) + ‎-njo → ‎onjo (“auntie”)

Coordinate terms

• -ĉjo (“masculine affectionate names”)
• -jo (“gender-neutral affectionate names”)

Derived terms

Esperanto terms suffixed with -njo

Anjo

avinjo

Eminjo

franjo

Janjo

kanjo

Kanjo

knanjo

onjo

panjo

reĝinjo

Sunjo