-ytu

See also: Ytu and ý tứ

Afar

Etymology

Related to Saho -tto, -yto.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /-jtu/, [-jtʊ]

Suffix

-ytu (feminine -ytó)

  1. Used to form masculine singulative nouns.
  2. Used to form masculine diminutive nouns.
  3. Used to form masculine nouns denoting origin, characteristic or occupation.

Usage notes
  • Used after nouns ending in the vowel -a.
  • After the vowels -e, -i, -o, -u the form -yta is used.
  • After nouns ending in a consonant, the forms -tu and -ta are used (depending on the preceding vowel).

Declension
Declension of -ytu
absolutive -ytu
predicative -ytu
subjective -ytí
genitive -ytí
Postpositioned forms
l-case -ytul
k-case -ytuk
t-case -ytut
h-case -ytuh

Derived terms
Afar terms suffixed with -ytu

References
  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 228
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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