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-tu
-tu
Basque
Alternative forms
- (after -l- and -n-) -du
Suffix
-tu
- The most common verb-forming suffix.
Conjugation
-tu ― Non-finite forms
| perfect stem | -tu |
|---|---|
| imperfect stem | -tzen |
| future stem | -tuko |
| short stem | |
| verbal noun | -tze |
See also
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Basque_words_suffixed_with_-tu'>Basque words suffixed with -tu</a>
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-t'oin. Cognate with Finnish -ton/-tön.
Suffix
-tu (genitive -tu, partitive -tut)
Inflection
Inflection of -tu (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -tu | -tud |
| accusative | -tu | -tud |
| genitive | -tu | -tute |
| partitive | -tut | -tuid |
| illative | -tusse | -tutesse -tuisse |
| inessive | -tus | -tutes -tuis |
| elative | -tust | -tutest -tuist |
| allative | -tule | -tutele -tuile |
| adessive | -tul | -tutel -tuil |
| ablative | -tult | -tutelt -tuilt |
| translative | -tuks | -tuteks -tuiks |
| terminative | -tuni | -tuteni |
| essive | -tuna | -tutena |
| abessive | -tuta | -tuteta |
| comitative | -tuga | -tutega |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Estonian_words_suffixed_with_-tu'>Estonian words suffixed with -tu</a>
Old Irish
Suffix
-tu m
Inflection
| Masculine t-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | |||
| Vocative | |||
| Accusative | |||
| Genitive | |||
| Dative | |||
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Irish_words_suffixed_with_-tu'>Old Irish words suffixed with -tu</a>