-esma

See also: esma and esma-

Ido

Alternative forms
  • -a, -ma (short forms, used on digits)

Etymology

Borrowed from French -ième, Italian -esimo, Spanish -ésimo. Compare -imo from the same source.

Suffix

-esma

  1. used to form ordinal numbers
    ‎un (“one”) + ‎-esma → ‎unesma (“first”)
    ‎dek e du (“twelve”) + ‎-esma → ‎dek-e-duesma (“twelfth”)

Derived terms
Ido terms suffixed with -esma
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