-ytu

== Afar == === Etymology === Related to Saho -tto, -yto. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-jtu/ [-jtʊ] === Suffix === -ytu (feminine -ytó) Used to form masculine singulative nouns. Used to form masculine diminutive nouns. Used to form masculine 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 -yta is used. After nouns ending in a consonant, the forms -tu and -ta 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)