-uu

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See also: uu, UU, .u'u, .uu, ûu, ũu, and üü

Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *-au < *-ao < Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. (whence also Finnish -o) plus the inflectional stem of verbs ending in Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.. Cognates include Karelian -avo.

Suffix

-uu (front vowel harmony variant -yy, linguistic notation -UU)

  1. Forms nouns from verbs.
    evätä (“to deny”) → epuu (“refusal”)
    hakata (“to beat, chop, cut”) → hakkuu (“chopping, logging”)
    kerätä (“to collect”) → keruu (“collecting”)

Usage notes

This suffix is used for some verbs whose citation form ends in -ata or -ätä. The back vowel harmony form -uu is used even when the stem has e or i. The verbal stem is in the strong grade if applicable.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -uu

See also

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