-tasun

== Basque == === Etymology === From earlier -tarzun (still in use in the north), from -tar (“ethnonymic suffix”) +‎ -zun (“suffix of unknown meaning also present in -kizun, of the same meaning”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tas̺un/, [t̪a.s̺ũn] === Suffix === -tasun Forms nouns from adjectives, -ness, -th ‎eder (“beautiful”) + ‎-tasun → ‎edertasun (“beauty”) ‎luze (“long”) + ‎-tasun → ‎luzetasun (“length”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-tasun”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “-tasun”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005