-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)
- 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