-tusten

Finnish

Etymology

From -us +‎ -ten, the initial -t- perhaps by analogy with -ttain.

Suffix

-tusten (front vowel harmony variant -tysten, linguistic notation -tUsten)

  1. Forms oppositive adverbs.
    ‎kasvot (“face”) + ‎-tusten → ‎kasvotusten (“face-to-face”)
    ‎selkä (“back”) + ‎-tusten → ‎selätysten (“back-to-back”)
    ‎vieri (“side”) + ‎-tusten → ‎vieretysten (“side-by-side”)

Derived terms
Finnish terms suffixed with -tusten

Anagrams
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