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Meaning of -tu | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. A verb-forming suffix.
    morpheme
  2. Used to form adjectives, roughly corresponding to the English past participle forming suffix -ed.
    morpheme

Examples

“euskara (“Basque”) + -tu → euskaratu (“to translate into Basque”)”
“ohera (“to, towards bed”) + -tu → oheratu (“to go to bed”)”
“gehi (“plus”) + -tu → gehitu (“to add”)”
“gehi (“plus”) + -tu → gehitu (“augmented”)”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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