"-nu" meaning in Finnish

See -nu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -ny [front-vowel]
Etymology: See -nut. Head templates: {{fi-affix-linguistic-notation|{{{stem}}}}} {{{stem}}}, {{fi-affix-linguistic-notation|{{{stem2}}}}} {{{stem2}}}, {{fi-affix-linguistic-notation|ny}} nU, {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-ny||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-nU||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -nu (front vowel harmony variant -ny, linguistic notation -nU), {{fi-suffix|inflectional|var=ny}} -nu (front vowel harmony variant -ny, linguistic notation -nU), {{tlb|fi|colloquial|dialectal}} (colloquial, dialectal)
  1. alternative form of -nut Tags: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, dialectal, morpheme Alternative form of: -nut
    Sense id: en--nu-fi-suffix-t~chsUD4 Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries
     
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}

Download raw JSONL data for -nu meaning in Finnish (1.7kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: linguistic notation -nU",
  "path": [
    "-nu"
  ],
  "section": "Finnish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-nu",
  "trace": ""
}

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