-su

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Atayal

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Pronoun

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-su

  1. second-person singular genitive pronoun (enclitic)

References

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  • P. Bellwood et al., Origins and Early Migrations of Austronesian-Speaking People, in Investigating Archaeological Cultures (→ISBN, 2011)

Finnish

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Etymology

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-sa +‎ -u

Suffix

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-su (front vowel harmony variant -sy, linguistic notation -sU)

  1. Forms some adjectives.

Derived terms

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-sū m

  1. ablative singular of -sus

Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-su

  1. second-person singular emphatic suffix
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56b31
      Cía techtid nach aile ní ad·chobrai-siu ⁊ ní techtai-siu ón immurgu, ní étaigther-su immanísin, .i. ní ascnae ⁊ ní charae; is sí indala ch[í]all les isindí as emulari in sin.
      Though another may possess what you may desire and you do however not possess, you should not be jealous of that thing, i.e. you should not seek after and love it; that is one of the two meanings that he finds in emulari.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: -sa
  • Manx: -s
  • Scottish Gaelic: -sa

See also

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Rukai

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Pronoun

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-su

  1. second-person singular genitive pronoun (enclitic)

Usage notes

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  • Used in Budai Rukai and Maga Rukai. Mantauran Rukai uses -ʔo.

References

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  • P. Bellwood et al., Origins and Early Migrations of Austronesian-Speaking People, in Investigating Archaeological Cultures (→ISBN, 2011)

Tsou

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Pronoun

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-su

  1. second-person singular genitive pronoun (enclitic)

References

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  • P. Bellwood et al., Origins and Early Migrations of Austronesian-Speaking People, in Investigating Archaeological Cultures (→ISBN, 2011)

Turkish

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preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
-sı -si -su -sü

Suffix

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-su

  1. Form of -si after the vowels O / U.