-uu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uu"

Finnish

Etymology

From earlier *-au < *-ao < *-ado, from Proto-Finnic *-o (whence also Finnish -o) plus the inflectional stem of verbs ending in *-at'ak. Cognates include Karelian -avo.

Suffix

-uu (front vowel harmony variant -yy)

1. Forms nouns from verbs.

   ‎evätä (“to deny”) + ‎-uu → ‎epuu (“refusal”)

   ‎hakata (“to beat, chop, cut”) + ‎-uu → ‎hakkuu (“chopping, logging”)

   ‎kerätä (“to collect”) + ‎-uu → ‎keruu (“collecting”)

Usage notes

This suffix is used for some verbs whose citation form ends in -ata or -ätä. The back vowel harmony form -uu is used even when the stem has e or i. The verbal stem is in the strong grade if applicable.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -uu

See also

• -o
• -u