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Määritelmät

1. Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with verbs of conjugation type 61 (sallia), and those verbs in types 52 (sanoa) and 53 (muistaa) whose stem consists of at most two syllables
   morpheme
2. Forms names for people and things from stems.
   morpheme

Esimerkit

“tutkia (“to study, explore, investigate”) + -mus → tutkimus (“research, investigation”)”

“luottaa (“to trust”) + -mus → luottamus (“trust”)”

“yli- (“over, upper”) + -mus → ylimys (“aristocrat”)”

“surkea (“miserable”) + -mus → surkimus (“weakling”)”

“pyhä (“holy”) + -mus → pyhimys (“saint”)”

“iso (“large”) + -mus → isomus (“large gold nugget”)”

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