"-ma" meaning in Proto-Finnic

See -ma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -ma / *-mä [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Uralic *-ma. Etymology templates: {{etymid|urj-fin-pro|action}}, {{inh|urj-fin-pro|urj-pro|*-ma}} Proto-Uralic *-ma Head templates: {{head|urj-fin-pro|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|head=*-ma / *-mä}} *-ma / *-mä
  1. Forms action/result nouns from verbs. Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--ma-urj-fin-pro-suffix-tQwdww-F
  2. Mostly meaningless suffix added to some nominal stems. Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--ma-urj-fin-pro-suffix-fzD97sKV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -ma / *-mä [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Uralic *-ma. Etymology templates: {{etymid|urj-fin-pro|participle}}, {{inh|urj-fin-pro|urj-pro|*-ma}} Proto-Uralic *-ma Head templates: {{head|urj-fin-pro|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|head=*-ma / *-mä}} *-ma / *-mä
  1. Forms the gerund of verbs, generally only in certain case forms. Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--ma-urj-fin-pro-suffix-qpMcpvEY
  2. Forms the agent participle, which indicates that an action was done by something (in the genitive). Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--ma-urj-fin-pro-suffix-rv5na6Jh Categories (other): Pages with entries, Pages with 1 entry, Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 3 11 1 1 7 1 1 10 6 7 9 1 1 7 3 1 10 4 3 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 13 4 44 8 Disambiguation of Proto-Finnic entries with incorrect language header: 27 14 5 43 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Forms: -ma / *-mä [canonical]
Etymology: Possibly an extension of the sense in Etymology 1, with the sense development "action" > "event" > "location of event" > "location". Etymology templates: {{etymid|urj-fin-pro|place}} Head templates: {{head|urj-fin-pro|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes|head=*-ma / *-mä}} *-ma / *-mä
  1. Forms names for places or locations. Tags: morpheme, reconstruction
    Sense id: en--ma-urj-fin-pro-suffix-hvBCLQWk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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