-du

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "du"

Basque

Suffix

-du

  1. Alternative form of -tu
    ‎lagun (“friend”) + ‎-du → ‎lagundu (“to help”)
    ‎afari (“dinner”) + ‎-du → ‎afaldu (“to eat dinner”)

Usage notes

  • Used with stems ending in /l/ or /n/. For details on usage, see the main lemma.

Derived terms

Basque terms suffixed with -du

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

Classifier

-du

  1. Classifier for objects that are high up, especially hills.

Derived terms

Murui Huitoto terms suffixed with -du

References

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 194

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Pronoun

-du (enclitic)

  1. enclitic form of þú.
    ‎kenn + ‎þú → ‎kenndu

See also

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV -du
Brazilian standard -du
New Tribes -du

Pronunciation

Suffix

-du

  1. allomorph of -dü (possessive suffix) used for stems whose last vowel is u

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-dü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 111–112
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