-siin

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See also: siin and siin'

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

By analogy from -hin, -in, the other plural illative suffix (as the plural infix -i- affects the vowel used by the illative suffix, even when this would not happen for -seen).

Suffix[edit]

-siin

  1. plural form of the illative suffix -seen
    suklaaseeninto the chocolate
    suklaisiininto the chocolates

Anagrams[edit]

Ojibwe[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-siin

  1. A suffix denoting the first, second or third-person singular negative of an animate intransitive verb (vai)
  2. A suffix denoting the first, second or third-person singular to singular object negative of a Type 3 transitive inanimate verb (vti3)

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