Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-ma
Proto-Finnic
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Uralic *-ma.
Suffix
edit*-ma / *-mä
- Forms action/result nouns from verbs.
- Mostly meaningless suffix added to some nominal stems.
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Uralic *-ma.
Suffix
edit*-ma / *-mä
- Forms the gerund of verbs, generally only in certain case forms.
- Forms the agent participle, which indicates that an action was done by something (in the genitive).
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
editGerund:
- Estonian: -ma (ma-infinitive), gerund in inessive, elative, translative and abessive
- Finnish: gerund (3rd infinitive) in inessive, elative, illative, adessive, abessive and instructive
- Ingrian: gerund (3rd infinitive) in inessive, elative, illative and abessive
- Võro: -ma (ma-infinitive)
- Votic: gerund in inessive, elative, illative and abessive
Agent participle:
- Finnish: -ma
Etymology 3
editPossibly an extension of the sense in Etymology 1, with the sense development "action" > "event" > "location of event" > "location".
Suffix
edit*-ma / *-mä
- Forms names for places or locations.
Inflection
editThis noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
edit- Finnish: -ma