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Etymology
Likely from Proto-Gbe *-tɔ́ (owner) stems from same root as otọ́ (“father”). Cognates include Fon -tɔ́, Saxwe Gbe -tɔ́, Adja -tɔ, Ewe -tɔ
Pronunciation
Suffix
-tọ́ (Nigeria)
- (added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb or noun; used to form an agent noun.
- aihúndá (“to play/act”) → aihúndátọ́ (“actor/player”, literally “one who plays”)
- nù (“thing”) + plọ́n (“to learn”) → nùplọ́ntọ́ (“student”, literally “one who learns things”)
- hàn (“song”) + jì (“to sing”) → hànjìtọ́ (“singer”, literally “one who sings songs”)
- Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not tíntán (“first”).
- àwè (“two”) → àwètọ́ (“second”)
- ṣídòpó (“six”) → ṣídòpótọ́ (“sixth”)
- gbàn-nùkún-atọ̀n (“thirty-three”) → gbàn-nùkún-atọ̀ntọ́ (“thirty-third”)
- Used to form nouns describing the origin of a person or group of a certain ethnic group or nationality.
- Synonyms: -nù, -ví
- Họ̀gbónù (“Porto-Novo”) → Họ̀gbónùtọ́ (“someone from Porto-Novo”, literally “person/people of Porto-Novo”)
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