"-sta" meaning in All languages combined

See -sta on Wiktionary

Suffix [Finnish]

Forms: -stä [front-vowel]
Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *-sta, from *-s- (internal locative infix; see -ssa) + *-ta (ablative/separative case suffix). Compare Erzya -сто (-sto), -стэ (-stë), Moksha -ста (-sta). Etymology templates: {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*-sta}} Proto-Finnic *-sta, {{cog|myv|-сто}} Erzya -сто (-sto), {{cog|mdf|-ста}} Moksha -ста (-sta) Head templates: {{fi-affix-linguistic-notation|{{{stem}}}}} {{{stem}}}, {{fi-affix-linguistic-notation|{{{stem2}}}}} {{{stem2}}}, {{fi-affix-linguistic-notation|stä}} stA, {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-stä||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-stA||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -sta (front vowel harmony variant -stä, linguistic notation -stA), {{fi-suffix|inflectional|var=stä}} -sta (front vowel harmony variant -stä, linguistic notation -stA)
  1. indicates the elative case of a noun, adjective, numeral or pronoun Tags: morpheme Derived forms: -staan, -sti
    Sense id: en--sta-fi-suffix-p2RvU0r2 Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Suffix [Proto-Finnic]

Forms: -sta / *-stä [canonical]
Etymology: From an internal locative morpheme *-s- + Proto-Uralic *-ta (ablative suffix). Cognate with Proto-Samic *-stē, Proto-Mordvinic [Term?]. Etymology templates: {{der|urj-fin-pro|urj-pro|*-ta|pos=ablative suffix}} Proto-Uralic *-ta (ablative suffix), {{cog|smi-pro|*-stē}} Proto-Samic *-stē, {{cog|urj-mdv-pro|}} Proto-Mordvinic [Term?] Head templates: {{head|urj-fin-pro|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes|head=*-sta / *-stä}} *-sta / *-stä
  1. Elative case ending. Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Related terms: -sën, -ssa
    Sense id: en--sta-urj-fin-pro-suffix-D~vE9-Cf Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -sta meaning in All languages combined (4.5kB)

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