"epä-" meaning in Finnish

See epä- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ˈepæ-/, [ˈe̞pæ-]
Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *epä. Originally active present participle (-pä) of the negative verb stem *e-; see ei. Cognate with Estonian eba-, Livonian äb, Moksha аф (af), Erzya апак (apak). Etymology templates: {{inh|fi|urj-fin-pro|*epä}} Proto-Finnic *epä, {{m|fi|-pä}} -pä, {{m|fi|ei}} ei, {{cog|et|eba-}} Estonian eba-, {{cog|liv|äb}} Livonian äb, {{cog|mdf|аф}} Moksha аф (af), {{cog|myv|апак}} Erzya апак (apak) Head templates: {{head|fi|prefix|head=}} epä-, {{fi-pref}} epä-
  1. Used to invert the meaning of a word: in-, non-, un-, dis-, mis-, mal- Tags: morpheme Related terms: evätä
    Sense id: en-epä--fi-prefix-tFOBVTXk

Download JSON data for epä- meaning in Finnish (1.5kB)

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        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*epä"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "fi",
        "2": "-pä"
      },
      "expansion": "-pä",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "ei"
      },
      "expansion": "ei",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "eba-"
      },
      "expansion": "Estonian eba-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "liv",
        "2": "äb"
      },
      "expansion": "Livonian äb",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mdf",
        "2": "аф"
      },
      "expansion": "Moksha аф (af)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "апак"
      },
      "expansion": "Erzya апак (apak)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *epä. Originally active present participle (-pä) of the negative verb stem *e-; see ei. Cognate with Estonian eba-, Livonian äb, Moksha аф (af), Erzya апак (apak).",
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        "1": "fi",
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        "head": ""
      },
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    },
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        {
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        }
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        "Used to invert the meaning of a word: in-, non-, un-, dis-, mis-, mal-"
      ],
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          "in-",
          "in-"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "un-",
          "un-"
        ],
        [
          "dis-",
          "dis-"
        ],
        [
          "mis-",
          "mis-"
        ],
        [
          "mal-",
          "mal-"
        ]
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        {
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        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈepæ-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe̞pæ-]"
    }
  ],
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}
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "liv",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "mdf",
        "2": "аф"
      },
      "expansion": "Moksha аф (af)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "myv",
        "2": "апак"
      },
      "expansion": "Erzya апак (apak)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "epä-",
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    }
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        "Finnish terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
        "Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "epä- + selvä (“clear”) → epäselvä (“unclear”)"
        }
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        "Used to invert the meaning of a word: in-, non-, un-, dis-, mis-, mal-"
      ],
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          "in-",
          "in-"
        ],
        [
          "non-",
          "non-"
        ],
        [
          "un-",
          "un-"
        ],
        [
          "dis-",
          "dis-"
        ],
        [
          "mis-",
          "mis-"
        ],
        [
          "mal-",
          "mal-"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈepæ-/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈe̞pæ-]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "epä-"
}

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