-la

See also Appendix:Variations of "la"

Finnish

Suffix

-la (front vowel harmony variant -lä)

1. Locative suffix that signifies a place (an abode, a house, a land of, etc.; especially, denotes a farm in many place names).

   Kaleva > Kalevala "the land of Kaleva"

   kana "hen" > kanala "henhouse"

   ravinto "nourishment" > ravintola "restaurant"

   Jussi > Jussila "the farm of Jussi"

Declension

Declension of -la (type kulkija) singular plural nominative -la -lat genitive -lan -loiden -loitten -lain1 partitive -laa -loita accusative -la -lan -lat inessive -lassa -loissa elative -lasta -loista illative -laan -loihin adessive -lalla -loilla ablative -lalta -loilta allative -lalle -loille essive -lana -loina translative -laksi -loiksi instructive – -loin abessive -latta -loitta comitative – -loineen 1) Rare.

Usage notes

• About 12% of Finns have a surname ending in -la/-lä, transferred from names of farms and small villages.

Derived terms

[+] Finnish words suffixed with -la

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Latin

Suffix

-la

1. nominative feminine singular of -lus
2. nominative neuter plural of -lus
3. accusative neuter plural of -lus
4. vocative feminine singular of -lus
5. vocative neuter plural of -lus

-lā

1. ablative feminine singular of -lus

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Pitjantjatjara

Pronoun

-la

1. we (3 or more people, can be either inclusive or exclusive)

Usage notes

This is the short form of the pronoun nganaṉa. This short form is usually attached to the end of the first word of the main body of the sentence, instead of using nganaṉa. It can also be added to nganaṉa to emphasize it.

Preposition

-la

1. at, on, in, near, with, etc. for proper nouns that end with a vowel. The equivalent of -ngka, and -ta.
2. an ending that you use before -kutu and -nguru with proper nouns.

Usage notes

This preposition is added to the end of the proper noun. Sometimes a helper vowel can be added before -la to make it end with a vowel. -ta should be used instead if the word ends with n or l.

Suffix

-la

1. Makes "la" class verbs into commands.

Usage notes

It is added to the end of the verb stem (of the last verb in the series if there is a series of verbs in the command). Sometimes the pronoun -ya can be added after -la, this makes the command addressed to a group of people. Here that pronoun means second person plural instead of third person.

References

• Template:R:Wangka Wiṟu

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Turkish

Suffix

-la

1. with, shortened form of ile

   babamla okula gidiyorum

   I am going to school with my father

2. by, shortened form of ile

   okula kaykayla gidiyorum

   I am going to school by skateboard

Usage notes

• If the word's last vowel is "e", "i", "ö" or "ü", it becomes "-le".

  annemle / trenle - with my mother / by train

  kuzenimle - with my cousin

  gözünle / troleybüsle - with your eye / by trolley bus

• If the word ends in a vowel, it becomes "-yla". (If it's a back vowel, "-yle")

  arabayla - by car

  korkuyla - with fear

  gemiyle - by ship

  sevgiyle - with love

• If it's added to a proper noun, it must be used with an apostrophe.

  Barış'la - with Barış.

  Buğra'yla - with Buğra.

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Vilamovian

Suffix

-la

1. Appended to words to create a diminutive form of a noun.