-tto

Finnish

Etymology

-tta +‎ -i (labialized -tto < -tta-i)

Suffix

-tto (front vowel harmony variant -ttö, linguistic notation -ttO) (rare)

1. Forms some nouns, chiefly for places.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -tto

Saho

Alternative forms

• (Southern Saho) -yto

Etymology

Related to Afar -ytu, -ytó.

Pronunciation

• (masculine) IPA^(key): /-tːo/
• (feminine) IPA^(key): /-tˈto/

Suffix

-tto

1. (Northern 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 -ttö is used to distinguish it from the masculine.

Declension

(masculine)

Declension of -tto
absolutive	-tto
subjective	-tti
genitive	-tti

(feminine)

Declension of -tto
absolutive	-tto
subjective	-tto
genitive	-tton

Derived terms

Saho terms suffixed with -tto

References

• Giorgio Banti, Moreno Vergari (2005) “A sketch of Saho Grammar”, in Journal of Eritrean Studies, volume 4, numbers 1-2, pages 100-131