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-staa
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Finnish
Etymology 1
Extracted from the verbs pyydystää (“to capture”) and saalistaa (“to prey”), both originally formed by the suffix -taa/-tää from the nouns pyydys and saalis.
Suffix
-staa (front vowel harmony variant -stää, stem -sta-, linguistic notation -stA- or -stAA)
- Forms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or catching animals or picking plants.
Conjugation
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Etymology 2
See -istaa.
Suffix
-staa (front vowel harmony variant -stää, stem -sta-, linguistic notation -stA- or -stAA)
- Allomorph of -istaa, particularly used after labial vowels.
Conjugation
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Ingrian
Etymology 1
Re-extracted form of -taa after nominals ending in -s. Akin to Finnish -staa.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-staa (front vowel variant -stää)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2
From the third-person possessive form of -st (adverbialiser). Akin to Finnish -staan.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-staa (front vowel variant -stää)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-staa (front vowel variant -stää)
- alternative form of -istaa
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-staa (front vowel variant -stää)
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