"-ttain" meaning in Finnish

See -ttain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -ttäin [front-vowel]
Etymology: A variant of earlier and still dialectal -ttaen, probably from *-ttaden (possibly related to Estonian -ti, -te and Votic -ttaa), re-extracted from the second infinitive instructive forms of verbs ending in -ttaa. The instructive case has distributive meanings in dialects, with such uses attested in Kalevala. Etymology templates: {{m|fi||-ttaen}} -ttaen, {{cog|et|-ti}} Estonian -ti, {{m|et|-te}} -te, {{cog|vot|-ttaa}} Votic -ttaa, {{m|fi|-ttaa}} -ttaa Head templates: {{head|fi|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-ttäin||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|linguistic notation|-ttAin||{{{comp}}}||{{{sup}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|f4nolink=1|f5nolink=1|f6nolink=1|f7nolink=1|f8nolink=1|head=}} -ttain (front vowel harmony variant -ttäin, linguistic notation -ttAin), {{fi-suffix|adverb|var=ttäin}} -ttain (front vowel harmony variant -ttäin, linguistic notation -ttAin)
  1. Forms distributive adverbs. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ttain-fi-suffix-LqulcO-d
  2. Forms adverbs expressing manner. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ttain-fi-suffix-eh~NONTI
  3. Forms adverbs that express position. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ttain-fi-suffix-prLl9~8W

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