-oa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oa"

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoa/
• Rhymes: -oa

Suffix

-oa

1. (transitive) Instrumental verbal suffix; usually, but not exclusively, appended to nouns to create verbs. Transitive counterpart of -ihui.

Derived terms

Classical Nahuatl terms suffixed with -oa

Finnish

Etymology

Conflated:

• from Proto-Finnic *-odak, from Proto-Uralic *-w- (as applied to stems ending in -a-, compare -o).
• from Proto-Finnic *-oidak, from Proto-Uralic *-j- (as applied to stems ending in -a-, compare -o; the -o- is a re-extraction from the suffix being applied to stems ending in -a which was labialized by -j).

Suffix

-oa (front vowel harmony variant -öä, stem -o-, linguistic notation -O- or -OA)

1. Forms frequentative and continuative verbs, primarily from nouns or verbs ending in -ta or -ata, but also from adverbs.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -oa

• -ota

 

Anagrams

• ao.

Swahili

Suffix

-oa

1. mid vowel variant of -ua