-stu

Estonian

Etymology

Cognate with Finnish -sto. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Suffix

-stu (genitive -stu, partitive -stut)

  1. Forms collective nouns from nouns indicating individual things.
    linn "city" → linnastu "metropolitan area"
    kalm "burial mound" → kalmistu "graveyard"
    puu "tree" → puistu "a part of a forest with the same features"

Declension
Inflection of -stu (ÕS type 1/ohutu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -stu -stud
accusative -stu -stud
genitive -stu -stute
partitive -stut -stuid
illative -stusse -stutesse
-stuisse
inessive -stus -stutes
-stuis
elative -stust -stutest
-stuist
allative -stule -stutele
-stuile
adessive -stul -stutel
-stuil
ablative -stult -stutelt
-stuilt
translative -stuks -stuteks
-stuiks
terminative -stuni -stuteni
essive -stuna -stutena
abessive -stuta -stuteta
comitative -stuga -stutega

Derived terms
Estonian terms suffixed with -stu
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