-tü
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"
Turkish[edit]
| preceding vowel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| A / I | E / İ | O / U | Ö / Ü |
| -tı | -ti | -tu | -tü |
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-tü
- Form of -tı after the vowels Ö / Ü.
- al- (“to take”) + -ın (“to take offense”) + -tı → alıntı (“quotation, citation”)
- ak- (“to flow”) + -ın + -tı → akıntı (“flow, current, stream”)
- çıt (“click or crack sound”) + -ır + -tı → çıtırtı (“clicking, cracking”)
- mor (“purple”) + -ar (“to turn purple”) + -tı → morartı (“bruise, a purplish spot”)
Ye'kwana[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *-tɨ. Compare Wayana -tï, Kari'na -ty, Waiwai -tï, and similar possessive suffixes in other Cariban languages.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-tü
- Marks a noun as possessed; used only with a handful of nouns that end in -tö.
- (non-productive) Forms certain nouns whose possessed forms take no further suffix, with no clear semantic contribution.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-tü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon, pages 113–114, 119
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291