"-tu" meaning in Basque

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Suffix

IPA: \tu\ Forms: -du
  1. Suffixe verbal indiquant un verbe au participe passé, très productif pour créer des verbes sur des racines nominales, adjectivales ou étrangères.
    Sense id: fr--tu-eu-suffix-fWIbHBIt Categories (other): Exemples en basque, Exemples en basque avec traduction désactivée
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Alternative forms

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    "Du latin -tus, -tum, suffixe des participes passés et des supins. Malgré son origine étrangère, ce suffixe se plie aux règles d'euphonies du basque et est extrêmement productif."
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        "après l ou n"
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              3,
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          ],
          "text": "hartu"
        },
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              11,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "text": "erdi → erditu",
          "translation": "accouchement → accoucher"
        }
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        "Suffixe verbal indiquant un verbe au participe passé, très productif pour créer des verbes sur des racines nominales, adjectivales ou étrangères."
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      "ipa": "\\tu\\"
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              11,
              13
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          ],
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        "Suffixe verbal indiquant un verbe au participe passé, très productif pour créer des verbes sur des racines nominales, adjectivales ou étrangères."
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