-nyo

Indonesian

Etymology

From dialectal Malay or Minangkabau -nyo.

Suffix

-nyo

  1. (colloquial) alternative form of -nya (used to exaggerate the degree of an adjective)
    2025 July 7, @Daisy_JKT48, Twitter‎[1]:
    syapaaa nii cantiknyooo😍😍
    who's this being sooo pretty😍 😍

Usage notes

Gives more emphasis than -nya in colloquial varieties that do not have regular [o]-like realization of final /a/. Typically pronounced with the last vowel lengthened.

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