-opla

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Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Esperanto -obla, the letter "b" was changed to the letter "p" so that the verb obligar (“to oblige”) could be added.[1]

Suffix[edit]

-opla

  1. -fold
    ‎du (“two”) + ‎-opla → ‎duopla (“twofold, double”)

Derived terms[edit]

Ido terms suffixed with -opla

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Raporto pri la laboroj de la Konstanta Komisio [A report on the work of the Constant Commission]”, in Progreso [Progress] (in Esperanto), number 1, Paris, 1908 March, page 10: “Oni alprenas la sufikson -opl anstataŭ -obl (por nombroj), por havi la verbon obligar = devigi. ― One adopts the suffix -opl instead of -obl (for numbers), to have the verb obligar = to oblige.”
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