-uri

== Finnish == === Etymology === See -ari; the -u- is probably re-extracted from verb stems ending in -u-. === Suffix === -uri (front vowel harmony variant -yri, linguistic notation -Uri) Variant of -ari; forms agent nouns. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Ingrian == === Etymology === Akin to Finnish -uri. Related to -uli. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /-uri/, [-uriˑ] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /-uri/, [-uriˑ] === Suffix === -uri (front vowel variant -yri) Used to form agent nouns. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === From older -ure, from the plurals in -ora of Latin neuter nouns ending in -us (such as tempus, tempora, ancestor of Romanian timp, timpuri). Because the final vowel of Latin -ora was identical in form with the feminine singular ending -a, neuter plural forms ending in -ora were interpreted as feminine; then by analogy with feminine plural forms, the final -a was replaced, first with -e (the feminine plural ending that developed from proto-Romance *-as > *-ai̯ > -e) later with -i (many feminine Romanian nouns such as roată have also replaced an original plural in -e with one in -i). Maiden 2016 suggests that, as an alternative to analyzing -uri as a unitary plural suffix, it is also possible to analyze these plurals as ending in a root extension -ur- followed by the plural ending -i. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /urʲ/ === Suffix === -uri n pl or f pl Marks the plural of certain neuter (and more rarely feminine) nouns. ==== Declension ==== === References ===