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-sta
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sta"
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-sta, from *-s- (internal locative infix; see -ssa) + *-ta (ablative/separative case suffix). Compare Erzya -сто (-sto), -стэ (-stë), Moksha -ста (-sta).
Suffix
-sta (front vowel harmony variant -stä, linguistic notation -stA)
- indicates the elative case of a noun, adjective, numeral or pronoun
Usage notes
- See the appendix on Finnish nominal cases for more information on how the elative case is used.
Derived terms
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