-nna

Estonian

Etymology

From German -in. Introduced by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald.

Suffix

-nna (genitive -nna, partitive -nnat)

1. Forms feminine agent or occupational nouns

   eestlane "Estonian (person)" → eestlanna "female Estonian"

   laulja "singer" → lauljanna "female singer"

   kuningas "king" → kuninganna "queen"

Declension

Declension of -nna (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		-nna	-nnad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	-nna
genitive			-nnade
partitive		-nnat	-nnasid
illative		-nnasse	-nnadesse
inessive		-nnas	-nnades
elative		-nnast	-nnadest
allative		-nnale	-nnadele
adessive		-nnal	-nnadel
ablative		-nnalt	-nnadelt
translative		-nnaks	-nnadeks
terminative		-nnani	-nnadeni
essive		-nnana	-nnadena
abessive		-nnata	-nnadeta
comitative		-nnaga	-nnadega

Synonyms

• -tar (in some cases)

Derived terms

Estonian terms suffixed with -nna

jumalanna

kuninganna

näitlejanna

sõbranna

Ingrian

Alternative forms

• -n

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-nna. Cognates include Finnish -na and Estonian -na.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-nːɑ/, [-nːɑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-n/, [-n]

Suffix

-nna (front vowel variant -nnä)

1. Used to form the essive case.

Usage notes

• In the Soikkola dialect, may trigger vowel elongation of the preceding vowel.

Inflection

Possessive forms of -nna
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	-nnaan	-nnaamme
2nd person	-nnaas	-nnaanne
3rd person	-nnaa	-nnaasse

References

• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 44