-tto
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
-tta + -i (labialized -tto < -tta-i)
Suffix[edit]
-tto (front vowel harmony variant -ttö, linguistic notation -ttO) (rare)
- Forms some nouns, chiefly for places.
Derived terms[edit]
Saho[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (Southern Saho) -yto
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-tto
- (Northern Saho) Used to form singulative nouns from their collective counterparts.
Usage notes[edit]
- If both a masculine and feminine singulatives of the collective noun exist, the feminine form -ttö is used to distinguish it from the masculine.
Declension[edit]
(masculine)
| Declension of -tto | |
|---|---|
| absolutive | -tto |
| subjective | -tti |
| genitive | -tti |
(feminine)
| Declension of -tto | |
|---|---|
| absolutive | -tto |
| subjective | -tto |
| genitive | -tton |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- The template Template:R:ssy:Banti:2005 does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Giorgio Banti, Moreno Vergari (2005) “A sketch of Saho Grammar”, in Journal of Eritrean Studies, volume 4, numbers 1-2, pages 100-131