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Basque
Etymology
From earlier -tarzun (still in use in the north), from -tar (“ethnonymic suffix”) + -zun (“suffix of unknown meaning also present in -kizun, of the same meaning”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-tasun
- Forms nouns from adjectives, -ness, -th
- eder (“beautiful”) + -tasun → edertasun (“beauty”)
- luze (“long”) + -tasun → luzetasun (“length”)
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