-nu

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Finnish

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Etymology

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See -nut.

Suffix

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-nu (front vowel harmony variant -ny, linguistic notation -nU) (colloquial, dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of -nut

Gun

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Etymology

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Cognates include Fon -nù

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-nù

  1. Used to form nouns describing the origin of a person or group of a certain ethnic group or nationality.
    Synonyms: -tɔ́, -tọ́, -ví
    Xwlà (Xwla)Xwlà (Xwla person/ethnic group, literally person/people of Xwla origin)
    Ayɔ̀ (Yoruba)Ayɔ̀ (Yoruba person/ethnic group, literally person/people of Yoruba origin)
    Fɔ̀n (Fon)Fɔ̀n (Fon person/ethnic group, literally person/people of Fon origin)

Derived terms

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Makasar

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-nu (possessive suffix, Lontara spelling ᨊᨘ)

  1. your (familiar second person singular and plural)

See also

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Veps

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *-nut.

Suffix

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-nu

  1. (having) -ed; forms the past active participle of verbs.

Inflection

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Inflection of -nu (inflection type 34/kolnu)
nominative sing. -nu
genitive sing. -nuden
partitive sing. -nut
partitive plur. -nuzid
singular plural
nominative -nu -nuded
accusative -nuden -nuded
genitive -nuden -nuziden
partitive -nut -nuzid
essive-instructive -nuden -nuzin
translative -nudeks -nuzikš
inessive -nudes -nuziš
elative -nudespäi -nuzišpäi
illative -nudehe -nuzihe
adessive -nudel -nuzil
ablative -nudelpäi -nuzilpäi
allative -nudele -nuzile
abessive -nudeta -nuzita
comitative -nudenke -nuzidenke
prolative -nutme -nuzidme
approximative I -nudenno -nuzidenno
approximative II -nudennoks -nuzidennoks
egressive -nudennopäi -nuzidennopäi
terminative I -nudehesai -nuzihesai
terminative II -nudelesai -nuzilesai
terminative III -nudessai
additive I -nudehepäi -nuzihepäi
additive II -nudelepäi -nuzilepäi

Derived terms

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Category Veps past active participles not found