Contionary:-atu
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Europic
Pronunciation
- Europic Phonology: /a.tu/
Affix (Suffix, nominal)
-atu
- result, product
- (chemistry) -ate
- A suffix which converts a verb into a noun resulting from such verb, e.g. vide ‘to see’ > vidatu ‘sight’ (contrast with vidacu ‘vision, seeing’). -atu is a singular, often tangible noun, while -acu is an intangible verbal noun. In chemistry, this suffix is used to create derivatives of specified elements or compounds.