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nta ntâ NTA -ntä Finnish Etymology 1 fi nominal From fi urj-fin-pro *-nta deverbal, from fi urj-pro *-nta. Related to krl -nta, olo -ndu and vep -nd, as well as to et -nd, possibly borrowed from Finnish. Suffix noun ntä Forms nouns that describe an action. fi toimia to act toiminta action fi ampua to shoot ammunta shooting shooting fi lääkitä to medicate -ntä lääkintä medication Declension - nt nn a Derived terms fi nominal fi -nnainen -nne<id:nominal> -nti -nto Further reading Etymology 2 fi exessive From fi urj-fin-pro *-nta exessive, equal to fi -na essive suffix essive + fi -ta partitive suffix, from Uralic ablative partitive. Cognate with et -nt and izh -nt. Suffix inflectional ntä fi dialectal nonstandard Forms the exessive case. fi erota presidentintä to resign from being a president Usage notes The exessive case is not part of the standard language and is only found in dialects. The suffix is appended to the same stem as the ablative suffix. Etymology 3 fi denominal From fi urj-fin-pro *-nta person. Suffix noun ntä fi rare fi non-productive Forms certain nouns, mainly for people. Declension - nt nn a Derived terms fi denominal Further reading Pitjantjatjara Pronoun second person singular accusative nyuntunya you (singular, object) Usage notes