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-yu

suffix

LanguageAhtna (United States)

Meaning
  1. Used to form the names of clans; a variant also appears in the pronoun xanyuu (“you”, plural).
  2. Clan name suffix
  3. A suffix used at the end of words to indicate the name of a clan; also seen in the plural pronoun for 'you'.
Examples

Xeyu.

[They are] the Xeyu clan.

Part of speechsuffix

Usage noteThis is a bound morpheme that attaches to the end of other words.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.