"-sa" meaning in Finnish

See -sa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -sä [front-vowel]
Etymology: Probably originally from a dialectal variant of -isa (compare, for example, dialectal joutsa for joutuisa). The slang usage is probably an extension of the original use as an adjectival suffix. Etymology templates: {{etymid|fi|derivational}} Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-sä||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-sA||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -sa (front vowel harmony variant -sä, linguistic notation -sA), {{fi-suffix|var=sä}} -sa (front vowel harmony variant -sä, linguistic notation -sA)
  1. Forms some adjectives. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--sa-fi-suffix-uqn0O4mG
  2. Forms slang nouns and adjectives, usually with clipping. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--sa-fi-suffix-auh7XNkm
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: -sakka, -su
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -sä [front-vowel]
Etymology: See -nsa. Etymology templates: {{etymid|fi|possessive}} Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-sä||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-sA||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -sa (front vowel harmony variant -sä, linguistic notation -sA), {{fi-suffix|adjective|var=sä}} -sa (front vowel harmony variant -sä, linguistic notation -sA), {{tlb|fi|dialectal}} (dialectal)
  1. Alternative form of -nsa Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, morpheme Alternative form of: -nsa
    Sense id: en--sa-fi-suffix-A3PKH0wn Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 10 40 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: linguistic notation -sA",
  "path": [
    "-sa"
  ],
  "section": "Finnish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-sa",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: linguistic notation -sA",
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  ],
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