-tsu
Appearance
Basque
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-tsu
- Used to create adjectives from nouns.
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]-tsu (front vowel harmony variant -tsy, linguistic notation -tsU)
- (slang) Slang suffix, generally for nouns (with clipping).
- (non-productive) Found in some surnames.