-sa-
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sa"
Chichewa
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Herero -ha- (“negative infinitive infix”) and Kwanyama -ha- (“negative infinitive infix”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Infix
[edit]-sa-
- Used to form the negative infinitive.
- Used to form the negative subjunctive.
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally from the adjective ending -isa.
Interfix
[edit]-sa- (front vowel harmony variant -sä-, linguistic notation -sA-)
- Used in adverbs describing location or direction that use a case ending (either from an external or internal location case), with a meaning that can range from a diminutive meaning to one implying unreachability. Placed right before the case ending.