"-uu" meaning in Finnish

See -uu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -yy [front-vowel]
Etymology: From earlier *-au < *-ao < *-ado, from Proto-Finnic *-o (whence also Finnish -o) plus the inflectional stem of verbs ending in *-at'ak. Cognates include Karelian -avo. Etymology templates: {{m|fi||*-au}} *-au, {{m|fi||*-ao}} *-ao, {{m|urj-fin-pro||*-ado}} *-ado, {{der|fi|urj-fin-pro|*-o}} Proto-Finnic *-o, {{m|fi|-o}} -o, {{m|urj-fin-pro|*-at&#x27;ak}} *-at'ak, {{cog|krl|-avo}} Karelian -avo Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-yy||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-UU||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -uu (front vowel harmony variant -yy, linguistic notation -UU), {{fi-suffix|noun|var=yy}} -uu (front vowel harmony variant -yy, linguistic notation -UU)
  1. Forms nouns from verbs. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -o, -u
    Sense id: en--uu-fi-suffix-dykxzGvq Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for -uu meaning in Finnish (2.2kB)

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        },
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