-yto

== Afar == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-jˈto/ [-jˈtɔ] === Suffix === -ytó (masculine -ytu) Used to form feminine singulative nouns. Used to form feminine diminutive nouns. Used to form feminine nouns denoting origin, characteristic or occupation. ==== Usage notes ==== Used after nouns ending in the vowel -a. After the vowels -e, -i, -o, -u the form -ytá is used. After nouns ending in a consonant, the forms -tó and -tá are used (depending on the preceding vowel). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN, page 228 Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis) == Saho == === Alternative forms === (Northern Saho) -tto === Etymology === Related to Afar -ytu, -ytó. === Pronunciation === (masculine) IPA(key): /-jto/ (feminine) IPA(key): /-jˈto/ === Suffix === -yto (Southern Saho) Used to form singulative nouns from their collective counterparts. ==== Usage notes ==== If both a masculine and feminine singulatives of the collective noun exist, the feminine form -ytö is used to distinguish it from the masculine. ==== Declension ==== (masculine) (feminine) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Giorgio Banti; Moreno Vergari (2005), “A sketch of Saho Grammar”, in Journal of Eritrean Studies, volume 4, numbers 1-2, pages 100-131