The case formed by this suffix is also called "local genitive" or "locative genitive". It roughly corresponds to the usage of the prepositionsof in English andde in Spanish. The genitive case (formed by the suffix-ren) also corresponds generally to these prepositions; but is mostly used to imply ownership, while the locative implies location or relatedness. However, there are exceptions to this general rule, see the usage examples below.
Bizkaiko mendiak ―the mountainsof Biscay
buruko mina ―headache (literally, “painin the head”)
eskolako jaialdia ―school festival
Picassoren margolan bat ―a paintingby Picasso
Ilargiaren orbita ―the orbit of the Moon
mutilaren argazkia ―the picture of (owned by) the boy; the picture of (showing) the boy
Common nouns ending in a consonant take the form-eko with an epenthetic vowel.
(enclitic)Turns a clauseinterrogative. It is appended to the element of the clause that is questioned most. English equivalents include the normal ways of forming an interrogative statement without using an interrogative pronoun, such as the verb "do",inversion of the word order andintonation.
(interrogative particle): The particle-ko/-kö is used when there is no other interrogative word, in both direct and indirect questions. The answer is expected to be simplyaffirmative ornegative.
(interrogative particle): The word with this particle will usually move to the beginning of the clause (see the usage examples).
(I wonder if): Note that, unlike in English, the sentence meaning "I wonder if" is an interrogative sentence in Finnish, so it ends with aquestion mark.
1Regional variants. 2Null morpheme: there is no absolutive enclitic for the third person singular pronoun. The disjunctivesisu orisuna may also be used. 3Ergative enclitics are also used as possessive markers.
Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017)A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), pages195-196
Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, most likely to make diminutive. Usually used to make names, or nicknames denoting a negative feature.