Author: Diri » Sun May 25, 2008 3:02 pm
Names ending in the "-o" suffix are of male gender...
Names ending in the "-ê" suffix are of female gender...
"Karê" = female
"Karo" = male
"Sêvê" = female
"Sêvo" = male
etc...
These suffixes are usually used to shorten down long names or in the case of Kurmancî to determine the gender of the person when refering to him/her in third person:
"Min gote Sêvê here dikanê" = "I told Sêv to go to the store"
"Sêvê gote min here dikanê" = "Sêv told me to go to the store"
This basically means that the name "Sêv" is female - not male (which would have been "Sêvo") - when refering in third person, one will add the "-ê" suffix to determine the indirect object (in this case "Sêv")...
I hope that was of help...