See also: tsu, Tsu, and tsū

Basque

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Suffix

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-tsu

  1. Used to create adjectives from nouns.
    eguzki (sun)-tsu → ‎eguzkitsu (sunny)
    euri (rain)-tsu → ‎euritsu (rainy)

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Finnish

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Etymology

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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

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

  1. (slang) Slang suffix, generally for nouns (with clipping).
  2. (non-productive) Found in some surnames.

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