-yto
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /-jˈto/ [-jˈtɔ]
Suffix
-ytó (masculine -ytu)
- Used to form feminine singulative nouns.
- Used to form feminine diminutive nouns.
- Used to form feminine 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 -ytá is used.
- After nouns ending in a consonant, the forms -tó and -tá are used (depending on the preceding vowel).
Declension
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Derived terms
Afar terms suffixed with -yto
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)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Saho
Alternative forms
- (Northern Saho) -tto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-yto
- (Southern Saho) Used to form singulative nouns from their collective counterparts.
Usage notes
- If both a masculine and feminine singulatives of the collective noun exist, the feminine form -ytö is used to distinguish it from the masculine.
Declension
(masculine)
| absolutive | -yto |
|---|---|
| subjective | -yti |
| genitive | -yti |
(feminine)
| absolutive | -yto |
|---|---|
| subjective | -yto |
| genitive | -ytot |
Derived terms
References
- The template Template:R:ssy:Banti:2005 does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Giorgio Banti, Moreno Vergari (2005) “A sketch of Saho Grammar”, in Journal of Eritrean Studies, volume 4, numbers 1-2, pages 100-131