"-ska" meaning in Finnish

See -ska in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -skä [front-vowel]
Etymology: Probably -s + -(k)ka. Etymology templates: {{etymid|fi|diminutive}}, {{suffix|fi|-s|-kka|alt2=-(k)ka|id1=nominal}} -s + -(k)ka Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-skä||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-skA||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -ska (front vowel harmony variant -skä, linguistic notation -skA), {{fi-suffix|noun|var=skä}} -ska (front vowel harmony variant -skä, linguistic notation -skA)
  1. Forms diminutive nouns. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: -skari, -ski, -sko, -sku
    Sense id: en--ska-fi-suffix-Gjv15xH3 Categories (other): Finnish terms suffixed with -kka
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -skä [front-vowel]
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish -ska, as used in older Swedish as a suffix used to derive feminine nouns (such as sångare → sångerska, major → majorska). Etymology templates: {{etymid|fi|feminine}}, {{bor|fi|sv|-ska}} Swedish -ska Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-skä||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-skA||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -ska (front vowel harmony variant -skä, linguistic notation -skA), {{fi-suffix|noun|var=skä}} -ska (front vowel harmony variant -skä, linguistic notation -skA), {{tlb|fi|colloquial|archaic}} (colloquial, archaic)
  1. (now humoristic) Used to transform husband's family name or title to a term for addressing or speaking of a married woman. Used especially with family names ending with -nen and titles ending -ri. Tags: archaic, colloquial, morpheme
    Sense id: en--ska-fi-suffix-MTTjseoM Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 5 14 6 14 18 1 3 1 16 5 9 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 14 7 17 14 0 2 1 13 6 11 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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        }
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          "text": "Virtanen + -ska → Virtaska",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "pastori + -ska → pastorska",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "kamreeri + -ska → kamreerska",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "(now humoristic) Used to transform husband's family name or title to a term for addressing or speaking of a married woman. Used especially with family names ending with -nen and titles ending -ri."
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Download raw JSONL data for -ska meaning in Finnish (3.9kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: linguistic notation -skA",
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  ],
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  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-ska",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: linguistic notation -skA",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-ska",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: now humoristic",
  "path": [
    "-ska"
  ],
  "section": "Finnish",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-ska",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: now humoristic",
  "path": [
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  "title": "-ska",
  "trace": ""
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