"-taa" meaning in Finnish

See -taa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -tää [front-vowel], -ta- [stem]
Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *-tadak, from Proto-Uralic *-ta- (verbalizer). Etymology templates: {{etymon|fi|:inh|urj-fin-pro:*-tadak|id=verb}}, {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*-tadak}} Proto-Finnic *-tadak, {{inh|fi|urj-pro|*-ta-}} Proto-Uralic *-ta- Head templates: {{fi-affix-linguistic-notation|ta}} tA, {{fi-affix-linguistic-notation|{{{stem2}}}}} {{{stem2}}}, {{fi-affix-linguistic-notation|tää}} tAA, {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-tää|stem|-ta-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-tA-||-{{{stem2}}}-|or|-tAA||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -taa (front vowel harmony variant -tää, stem -ta-, linguistic notation -tA- or -tAA), {{fi-suffix|verb|stem=ta|var=tää}} -taa (front vowel harmony variant -tää, stem -ta-, linguistic notation -tA- or -tAA)
  1. Forms causative verbs from verbs. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: -ntaa, -rtaa, -staa, -tin, -tua
    Sense id: en--taa-fi-suffix-Lah22uS9 Categories (other): Finnish entries referencing missing etymons, Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Finnish entries referencing missing etymons: 76 24 Disambiguation of Finnish entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. Forms factitive verbs from nouns and adjectives. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--taa-fi-suffix-~3FQy9aF

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for -taa meaning in Finnish (3.5kB)

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