-tü

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tu"

Turkish
preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
-tı -ti -tu -tü

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ty/

Suffix

-tü

  1. Form of -tı after the vowels Ö / Ü.
    ‎al- (“to take”) + ‎-ın (“to take offense”) + ‎-tı → ‎alıntı (“quotation, citation”)
    ‎ak- (“to flow”) + ‎-ın + ‎-tı → ‎akıntı (“flow, current, stream”)
    ‎çıt (“click or crack sound”) + ‎-ır + ‎-tı → ‎çıtırtı (“clicking, cracking”)
    ‎mor (“purple”) + ‎-ar (“to turn purple”) + ‎-tı → ‎morartı (“bruise, a purplish spot”)

Ye'kwana

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *-tɨ. Compare Wayana -tï, Kari'na -ty, Waiwai -tï, and similar possessive suffixes in other Cariban languages.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [-tɨ]

Suffix

-tü

  1. Marks a noun as possessed; used only with a handful of nouns that end in -tö.
  2. (non-productive) Forms certain nouns whose possessed forms take no further suffix, with no clear semantic contribution.

Derived terms
Ye'kwana terms suffixed with -tü

References
  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “-tü”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 113–114, 119
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 291
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