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-tsu

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See also: tsu, Tsu, and tsū

Basque

Suffix

-tsu

  1. Used to create adjectives from nouns.
    eguzki (sun) + -tsueguzkitsu (sunny)
    euri (rain) + -tsueuritsu (rainy)

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Finnish

Etymology

As with many slang suffixes, there are probably multiple origins. The main origin is probably -tsa + -u, but another origin may be -su added to stems ending in t.

Suffix

-tsu (front vowel harmony variant -tsy, linguistic notation -tsU)

  1. (slang) Slang suffix, generally for nouns (with clipping).
  2. (no longer productive) Found in some surnames.

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Japanese

Romanization

-tsu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of

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