-su
See also: Appendix:Variations of "su"
Atayal
Pronoun
-su
- second-person singular genitive pronoun (enclitic)
References
- P. Bellwood et al., Origins and Early Migrations of Austronesian-Speaking People, in Investigating Archaeological Cultures (→ISBN, 2011)
Finnish
Etymology
Suffix
-su (front vowel harmony variant -sy, linguistic notation -sU)
- Forms some adjectives.
Derived terms
Japanese
Romanization
-su
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈsuː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsuː]
Suffix
-sū m
- ablative singular of -sus
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /su/
Suffix
-su
- second-person singular emphatic suffix
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56b31
- Cía techtid nach aile ní ad·chobrai-siu ⁊ ní techtai-siu ón immurgu, ní étaigther-su immanísin, .i. ní ascnae ⁊ ní charae; is sí indala ch[í]all les isindí as emulari in sin.
- Though another may possess what you may desire and you do however not possess, you should not be jealous of that thing, i.e. you should not seek after and love it; that is one of the two meanings that he finds in emulari.
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56b31
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
| person | emphatic suffixes |
|---|---|
| 1 sg | -se, -sa |
| 2 sg | -siu, -so, -su |
| 3 sg m or n | -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam |
| 3 sg f | -si |
| 1 pl | -ni, -nai, -sni |
| 2 pl | -si |
| 3 pl | -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam |
Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.
Rukai
Pronoun
-su
- second-person singular genitive pronoun (enclitic)
Usage notes
- Used in Budai Rukai and Maga Rukai. Mantauran Rukai uses -ʔo.
References
- P. Bellwood et al., Origins and Early Migrations of Austronesian-Speaking People, in Investigating Archaeological Cultures (→ISBN, 2011)
Tsou
Pronoun
-su
- second-person singular genitive pronoun (enclitic)
References
- P. Bellwood et al., Origins and Early Migrations of Austronesian-Speaking People, in Investigating Archaeological Cultures (→ISBN, 2011)
Turkish
Suffix
-su
- Form of -si after the vowels O / U.