-tɔ

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Bambara

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Suffix

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-tɔ

  1. present participle suffix
    Jeneba yɛlɛ tun te se ka jaabili kɛ
    Laughing, Jeneba could not reply
    Ali baarakɛ tɛ baro kɛ.
    While working, Ali does not chat

Gun

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Likely from Proto-Gbe *-tɔ́ (owner) stems from same root as òtɔ́ (father). Cognates include Fon -tɔ́, Saxwe Gbe -tɔ́, Adja -tɔ, Ewe -tɔ

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-tɔ́ (Benin)

  1. (added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb or noun; used to form an agent noun.
    ayihúndá (game)ayihúndátɔ́ (actor/player, literally one who plays)
    (thing) +‎ kplɔ́n (to learn)nùkplɔ́ntɔ́ (student, literally one who learns things)
    hàn (song) +‎ (to sing)hànjìtɔ́ (singer, literally one who sings songs)
  2. Used to form the ordinal numeral when the final term of the spelled number is not tíntán (first).
    àwè (two)àwètɔ́ (second)
    cíɖòkpó (six)cíɖòkpótɔ́ (sixth)
    gbàn-nùkún-atɔ̀n (thirty-three)gbàn-nùkún-atɔ̀ntɔ́ (thirty-third)
  3. Used to form nouns describing the origin of a person or group of a certain ethnic group or nationality.
    Synonyms: -nù, -ví
    Xɔ̀gbónù (Porto-Novo)Xɔ̀gbónùtɔ́ (someone from Porto-Novo, literally person/people of Porto-Novo)

Derived terms

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