-yto

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-jˈto/ [-jˈtɔ]

Suffix

-ytó (masculine -ytu)

1. Used to form feminine singulative nouns.
2. Used to form feminine diminutive nouns.
3. 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

Declension of -ytó
absolutive	-ytó
predicative	-ytó
subjective	-ytó
genitive	-ytó
Postpositioned forms l-case -ytól k-case -ytók t-case -ytót h-case -ytóh

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

Related to Afar -ytu, -ytó.

Pronunciation

• (masculine) IPA^(key): /-jto/
• (feminine) IPA^(key): /-jˈto/

Suffix

-yto

1. (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)

Declension of -yto
absolutive	-yto
subjective	-yti
genitive	-yti

(feminine)

Declension of -yto
absolutive	-yto
subjective	-yto
genitive	-ytot

Derived terms

Saho terms suffixed with -yto

References

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