-ttaa

-ttää Finnish Etymology fi :inh urj-fin-pro:*-ttadak From fi urj-fin-pro *-ttadak, from fi urj-pro *-kta-, urj-pro *-pta- (conflated). Pronunciation * Suffix verb ttää tta Forms causative verbs from verbs and nominals. fi syntyä to be born -ttää synnyttää to give birth fi syödä to eat -ttää syöttää to feed fi muistaa to remember muistuttaa to remind fi kantaa to carry kannattaa to support fi kasvaa to grow kasvattaa to raise fi höyry steam -ttää höyryttää to steam; in the sense to treat with steam Forms emotive causative verbs which express having feelings, urges, needs, etc. These generally appear with the subject of the feeling in the partitive case. Often the same verb can also be used as an ordinary causative verb to express a feeling being caused by something. The connection between the original verb and the feeling expressed is not always literal. fi jano thirst janottaa to feel thirsty, to make feel thirsty fi Minua janottaa kauheasti. I am awfully thirsty. fi Suolainen ruoka janottaa. Salty food makes you thirsty. fi suuttua to become angry suututtaa to feel angry, to make angry fi Minua suututtaa. I feel angry. fi En halua suututtaa sinua. I don't want to make you angry. fi vittu fuck, cunt, a vulgar expletive vituttaa to be pissed off, to piss off fi Minua vituttaa. I am pissed off. fi Työttömyys alkaa vituttaa minua. Being unemployed is beginning to piss me off. Forms curative verbs (subset of causative verbs) out of transitive verbs. Curative verbs describe an action in which an agent makes a patient do something. If the patient is expressed, it's in the adessive case. They can be often translated into English using "to make someone do" or "to have done by someone". fi tehdä to do -ttää teettää to have done fi huutaa to shout huudattaa to make shout Used in some onomatopoeic and sound-symbolic verbs. Conjugation Usually: - tt t a With monosyllabic stems with a (e.g. fi saada → fi saattaa): - tt t a Derived terms fi fi -tella -tin -tti -ttua See also fi -uttaa Further reading Anagrams fi aatt taat Ingrian Etymology izh urj-pro 1 From izh urj-fin-pro *-ttadak. Cognates include fi -ttaa and et -tama -tada. Pronunciation Suffix -ttää Used to form causative verbs. izh kuva image kuvittaa to illustrate izh söövvä to eat sööttää to feed Conjugation Usually: tt t With monosyllabic stems: tt t Derived terms izh