-tasun
Basque
Etymology
From earlier -tarzun (still in use in the north), from -tar (“ethnonymic suffix”) + -zun (“suffix of unknown meaning also present in -kizun, of the same meaning”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tas̺un/, [t̪a.s̺ũn]
Suffix
-tasun
Derived terms
Basque terms suffixed with -tasun
Further reading
- “-tasun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “-tasun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005