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-uttaa

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Finnish

Etymology

-ua (passive suffix) + -ttaa (causative suffix), mostly by analogy. The denominal suffix may be partially from -uus, -us (suffix forming nouns from adjectives, stem -(u)ut(e)) + -taa, but is likely just transferred from the deverbal suffix.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-utːɑːˣ/, [-ut̪ːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]

Suffix

-uttaa (front vowel harmony variant -yttää, stem -utta-, linguistic notation -UttA- or -UttAA)

  1. (deverbative) Forms causative, curative, or factitive verbs from verbs.
    aivastaa (to sneeze) + -uttaaaivastuttaa (to cause to sneeze)
    rakentaa (to build) + -uttaarakennuttaa (to have something built)
    räjähtää (to explode, blow up) + -uttaaräjäyttää (to blow up, detonate, destroy by exploding)
  2. (denominal) Forms factitive verbs from nominals.
    nopea (fast) + -uttaanopeuttaa (to speed up (transitive))
  3. Variant of -ttaa with a frequentative nuance, especially used for onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic verbs.

Usage notes

  • With -ahtaa (momentane) verbs, the final -ht- usually disappears entirely (through *-ahdutta- > *-ahutta- (regular loss in e.g. eastern dialects) > *-autta-). This has led to -auttaa becoming its own pseudo-suffix. Some derivations, particularly more recent ones, may preserve the -hd-.

Conjugation

More information indicative mood, present tense ...

Derived terms

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Ingrian

Etymology

From -ua + -ttaa. Akin to Finnish -uttaa.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-uttaa (front vowel variant -yttää)

  1. Used to form causative verbs from other verbs.
    muistaa (to remember) + -uttaamuissuttaa (to remind)

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (type 2/kirjuttaa, tt-t gradation), Indikativa ...

Derived terms

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