-tu

Class

To make the noun it is attached to.

Wycliffe: -doo, -too

Examples

• yocogadu make it soft
  • Wycliffe: yotsogadoo
• nobitu making house
  • Wycliffe: nobetoo
• Nü ika ķipüziaduķü. I'm going to smoke this.
  • Wycliffe: Nu eka kwepuseadookwu.
• pisa tabüʻaküdu make it pretty
  • Wycliffe: pesa tabuakudoo
• ķasümokodu make moccasins
  • Wycliffe: kwasumokodoo
• pisa kammaduķü make taste good
  • Wycliffe: pesa kammadookwu
• tükabüdu make bread
  • Wycliffe: tukabudoo

Northern Paiute–Bannock Dictionary

• non-stem sfx. v. formative. make into
  • Usu takatu. He makes arrowpoints.
  • FH: Panaķatütu tücüŋüsupidaķatu. He can count in Bannock.
    • Our count is tacüŋü.
  • FH: Tügüdatu yadua. Talk a little low.
  • FH: Nü noʻoko i masatoʻotuna nadümagau. I have sold all the gloves I made.
  • FH: Ika tüboonu i wümugutukü. Sharpen this pencil for me.
• sfx. verbalizing to nominal stems. make into; turn into.
  • Wohidübühü pisa nazopidanipüdudü yudzogana. The swan feathers make real good pillows. They are soft.