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Bambara
Suffix
-tɔ
- present participle suffix
Jeneba yɛlɛtɔ tun te se ka jaabili kɛ- Laughing, Jeneba could not reply
Ali baarakɛtɔ tɛ baro kɛ.- While working, Ali does not chat
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Etymology
Likely from Proto-Gbe *-tɔ́ (owner) stems from same root as òtɔ́ (“father”). Cognates include Fon -tɔ́, Saxwe Gbe -tɔ́, Adja -tɔ, Ewe -tɔ
Pronunciation
Suffix
-tɔ́ (Benin)
- (added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb or noun; used to form an agent noun.
- ayihúndá (“game”) → ayihúndátɔ́ (“actor/player”, literally “one who plays”)
- nù (“thing”) + kplɔ́n (“to learn”) → nùkplɔ́ntɔ́ (“student”, literally “one who learns things”)
- hàn (“song”) + jì (“to sing”) → hànjìtɔ́ (“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”) → àwètɔ́ (“second”)
- cíɖòkpó (“six”) → cíɖòkpótɔ́ (“sixth”)
- gbàn-nùkún-atɔ̀n (“thirty-three”) → gbàn-nùkún-atɔ̀ntɔ́ (“thirty-third”)
- Used to form nouns describing the origin of a person or group of a certain ethnic group or nationality.
- Synonyms: -nù, -ví
- Xɔ̀gbónù (“Porto-Novo”) → Xɔ̀gbónùtɔ́ (“someone from Porto-Novo”, literally “person/people of Porto-Novo”)
Derived terms