-léero

Mayo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish -ero, from Latin -ārius.

Suffix

-léero

1. Forms nouns from verbs, meaning "person who [verbs]"

   ‎tequipanoa (“work”) + ‎-léero → ‎tequipanoaléero (“worker”)

2. Forms nouns from nouns, meaning "person associated with [noun]"

   ‎cutchu (“fish”) + ‎-léero → ‎cuchuléero (“fisherman”)

Derived terms

Mayo terms suffixed with -léero

References

• Collard, Howard, Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984) Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 204