-su

See also: Appendix:Variations of "su"

Atayal

Pronoun

-su

1. second-person singular genitive pronoun (enclitic)

References

• P. Bellwood et al., Origins and Early Migrations of Austronesian-Speaking People, in Investigating Archaeological Cultures (→ISBN, 2011)

Finnish

Etymology

-sa +‎ -u

Suffix

-su (front vowel harmony variant -sy, linguistic notation -sU)

1. Forms some adjectives.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -su

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /suː/, [s̠uː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su/, [suː]

Suffix

-sū m

1. ablative singular of -sus

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• -siu, -so

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su/

Suffix

-su

1. second-person singular emphatic suffix
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 56^b31

     Cía techtid nach aile ní ad·chobrai-siu ⁊ ní techtai-siu ón immurgu, ní étaigther-su immanísin, .i. ní ascnae ⁊ ní charae; is sí indala ch[í]all les isindí as emulari in sin.

     Though another may possess what you may desire and you do however not possess, you should not be jealous of that thing, i.e. you should not seek after and love it; that is one of the two meanings that he finds in emulari.

Derived terms

Old Irish terms suffixed with -su

Descendants

• Irish: -sa
• Manx: -s
• Scottish Gaelic: -sa

See also

Old Irish emphatic suffixes

Person	Emphatic suffixes
1 sg.	-se, -sa
2 sg.	-siu, -so, -su
3 sg. m.n.	-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
3 sg. f.	-si
1 pl.	-ni, -nai, -sni
2 pl.	-si
3 pl.	-som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam
Emphatic suffixes are added to nouns modified by a possessive determiner to emphasize the possessor; to verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns to emphasize the subject; and to inflected prepositions to emphasize the object.

Rukai

Pronoun

-su

1. second-person singular genitive pronoun (enclitic)

Usage notes

• Used in Budai Rukai and Maga Rukai. Mantauran Rukai uses -ʔo.

References

• P. Bellwood et al., Origins and Early Migrations of Austronesian-Speaking People, in Investigating Archaeological Cultures (→ISBN, 2011)

Tsou

Pronoun

-su

1. second-person singular genitive pronoun (enclitic)

References

• P. Bellwood et al., Origins and Early Migrations of Austronesian-Speaking People, in Investigating Archaeological Cultures (→ISBN, 2011)

Turkish

preceding vowel
A / I	E / İ	O / U	Ö / Ü
-sı	-si	-su	-sü

Suffix

-su

1. Form of -si after the vowels O / U.