-tusten

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From -us +‎ -ten, the initial -t- perhaps by analogy with -ttain.

Suffix

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-tusten (front vowel harmony variant -tysten, linguistic notation -tUsten)

  1. Forms oppositive adverbs.
    kasvot (face) + ‎-tusten → ‎kasvotusten (face-to-face)
    selkä (back) + ‎-tusten → ‎selätysten (back-to-back)
    vieri (side) + ‎-tusten → ‎vieretysten (side-by-side)

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