-ytu

See also: Ytu and ý tứ

Afar

Etymology

Related to Saho -tto, -yto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-jtu/, [-jtʊ]

Suffix

-ytu (feminine -ytó)

1. Used to form masculine singulative nouns.
2. Used to form masculine diminutive nouns.
3. Used to form masculine 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 -yta is used.
• After nouns ending in a consonant, the forms -tu and -ta are used (depending on the preceding vowel).

Declension

Declension of -ytu
absolutive	-ytu
predicative	-ytu
subjective	-ytí
genitive	-ytí
Postpositioned forms l-case -ytul k-case -ytuk t-case -ytut h-case -ytuh

Derived terms

Afar terms suffixed with -ytu

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)