-tọ

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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

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-tọ́ (Nigeria)

  1. (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)
    (thing) +‎ plọ́n (to learn)nùplọ́ntọ́ (student, literally one who learns things)
    hàn (song) +‎ (to sing)hànjìtọ́ (singer, literally one who sings songs)
  2. 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)
  3. 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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