-tusten

Finnish

Etymology

From -us + -ten, the initial -t- perhaps by analogy with -ttain.

Suffix

-tusten (front vowel harmony variant -tysten, linguistic notation -tUsten)

  1. Forms oppositive adverbs.
    kasvot (face) + -tustenkasvotusten (face-to-face)
    selkä (back) + -tustenselätysten (back-to-back)
    vieri (side) + -tustenvieretysten (side-by-side)

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -tusten

Anagrams

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