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Contents 1 Finnish 1.1 Deverbal suffix 2 Esperanto 2.1 Suffix

Finnish

Deverbal suffix

-u (with back vowel harmony) -y (with front vowel harmony)

1. Used to form nouns, usually, from verbs whose citation form ends with -ea, -eä, -ia or -iä.

   hyppiä to be jumping -> hyppy jump

   itkeä to cry -> itku cry(ing)

   potkia to kick -> potku kick

Esperanto

Suffix

-u

1. do [it]! (Ending of the imperative in verbs.)

   Speculative etymology: from Hebrew imperative suffix -û, the [u] sound of Greek imperative inflection of deponent verbs, or both.

   • Parolu!: Speak!
2. -one. (Ending of the individual correlatives.)
   • kiu: what individual, who
   • tiu: that individual, that one
   • ĉiu: all individuals, everyone
   • iu: some individual, someone
   • neniu: no individual, nobodyfr:-u

pl:-u zh:-u