pleonastically - Weblio 英和・和英辞典 (original) (raw)
Originally implying ‘ similarly, intensity,’ from OIA. « rūpa » form, shape > {\displaystyle >} MIA. « -rūva », this affix is generally used pleonastically in NIA. in which it occurs in only a few words : e.g., ∗ {\displaystyle *} গোরূ > {\displaystyle >} গোরু, « ∗ {\displaystyle *} gō-rū > {\displaystyle >} gō-ru » ox, cow, cattle, […]