-lla
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *-lla, from earlier *-l-na, composed of an element *-l(l)- (external locative infix; see -lle) and the essive/locative suffix *-na. Compare Moksha -ла (-la) in фтала (ftala, “behind”).
Suffix
[edit]-lla (front vowel harmony variant -llä, linguistic notation -llA)
- Case suffix of the adessive case.
Usage notes
[edit]- The case suffix is suffixed to the genitive stem.
- See the appendix on Finnish nominal cases for more information on how the adessive case is used.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Quechua
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-lla