-ntaa

-ntää Finnish Etymology From fi urj-fin-pro *-ntadak factitive, possibly even from fi urj-pro *-mta-, but in any case equal to fi -eta -(e)n(e)- taa (the causative form of fi -eta, with which the stem-final vowel change is shared). Suffix verb ntää nta Forms factitive verbs from adjectives and names of languages, meaning "causing to become" or "making"; -en, -fy fi pieni small -ntää pienentää to shrink fi paksu thick paksuntaa to thicken fi suuri large suurentaa to magnify fi englanti English englannintaa to translate into English Usage notes The suffix is added to the genitive singular (weak grade) stem. A preceding stem-final fi -a-, fi -ä- changes to fi -e- (see fi -eta for more on this change), except in some newer derivations, such as fi kuvantaa and fi kustantaa. Conjugation -n a Derived terms fi fi -ntua See also fi -nta fi -staa fi -ttaa Further reading Anagrams fi aant nata taan