"-ja" meaning in Votic

See -ja in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -jä [front-vowel], form -jõ [reduced], -je [front-vowel, reduced]
Etymology: From Proto-Finnic *-ja. Etymology templates: {{inh|vot|urj-fin-pro|*-ja|id=agent}} Proto-Finnic *-ja Head templates: {{head|vot|suffixes|front vowel harmony variant|-jä||-{{{stem}}}-||-{{{stem2}}}-|reduced form|-jõ|reduced front vowel harmony variant|-je||-{{{u}}}||-{{{uvar}}}|cat2=|f2nolink=1|f3nolink=1|head=|var=jä}} -ja (front vowel harmony variant -jä, reduced form -jõ, reduced front vowel harmony variant -je), {{vot-suffix|noun|r=jõ|rvar=je|var=jä}} -ja (front vowel harmony variant -jä, reduced form -jõ, reduced front vowel harmony variant -je)
  1. -er (used to form agent nouns from verbs) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ja-vot-suffix--MN781Nn Categories (other): Pages using catfix, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries, Votic entries with incorrect language header
     
{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*-ja",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ja#Proto-Finnic:_agent"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vot",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*-ja",
        "id": "agent"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *-ja",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *-ja.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-jä",
      "tags": [
        "front-vowel"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "form -jõ",
      "tags": [
        "reduced"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-je",
      "tags": [
        "front-vowel",
        "reduced"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vot",
        "10": "-jõ",
        "11": "reduced front vowel harmony variant",
        "12": "-je",
        "13": "",
        "14": "-{{{u}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "-{{{uvar}}}",
        "2": "suffixes",
        "3": "front vowel harmony variant",
        "4": "-jä",
        "5": "",
        "6": "-{{{stem}}}-",
        "7": "",
        "8": "-{{{stem2}}}-",
        "9": "reduced form",
        "cat2": "",
        "f2nolink": "1",
        "f3nolink": "1",
        "head": "",
        "var": "jä"
      },
      "expansion": "-ja (front vowel harmony variant -jä, reduced form -jõ, reduced front vowel harmony variant -je)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "r": "jõ",
        "rvar": "je",
        "var": "jä"
      },
      "expansion": "-ja (front vowel harmony variant -jä, reduced form -jõ, reduced front vowel harmony variant -je)",
      "name": "vot-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Votic",
  "lang_code": "vot",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 15 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Votic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-er (used to form agent nouns from verbs)"
      ],
      "id": "en--ja-vot-suffix--MN781Nn",
      "links": [
        [
          "-er",
          "-er"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ja"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 15 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*-ja",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ja#Proto-Finnic:_agent"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vot",
        "2": "urj-fin-pro",
        "3": "*-ja",
        "id": "agent"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *-ja",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *-ja.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-jä",
      "tags": [
        "front-vowel"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "form -jõ",
      "tags": [
        "reduced"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-je",
      "tags": [
        "front-vowel",
        "reduced"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "vot",
        "10": "-jõ",
        "11": "reduced front vowel harmony variant",
        "12": "-je",
        "13": "",
        "14": "-{{{u}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "-{{{uvar}}}",
        "2": "suffixes",
        "3": "front vowel harmony variant",
        "4": "-jä",
        "5": "",
        "6": "-{{{stem}}}-",
        "7": "",
        "8": "-{{{stem2}}}-",
        "9": "reduced form",
        "cat2": "",
        "f2nolink": "1",
        "f3nolink": "1",
        "head": "",
        "var": "jä"
      },
      "expansion": "-ja (front vowel harmony variant -jä, reduced form -jõ, reduced front vowel harmony variant -je)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "r": "jõ",
        "rvar": "je",
        "var": "jä"
      },
      "expansion": "-ja (front vowel harmony variant -jä, reduced form -jõ, reduced front vowel harmony variant -je)",
      "name": "vot-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Votic",
  "lang_code": "vot",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 15 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Votic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Votic noun-forming suffixes",
        "Votic terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
        "Votic terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
        "Votic variant lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-er (used to form agent nouns from verbs)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-er",
          "-er"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ja"
}

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