-ssa

See also: SSA

Finnish

Etymology

From , from earlier *-s-na, from *-s- (internal locative infix) + *-na (locative case suffix).

Suffix

-ssa (front vowel harmony variant -ssä, linguistic notation -ssA)

1. The marker of inessive case.

   talo -> talossa

   talot -> taloissa (pl)

   metsä -> metsässä

   metsät -> metsissä (pl)

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Greenlandic

Affix

-ssa (v-v^?, truncative^?)

1. Marks the future tense.
   • 1992, "[timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=269791&pageId=3833037&lang=da Usuni kipigaa]", Atuagagdliutit

     Nammineq tissassarluni inersinnaannginnerluni anisuualu qanoq ililluni anisassava?

     I wonder if s/he will be unable to stimulate hirself to an orgasm, and how will the semen leave?

2. Marks logical necessity.

Further reading

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 128, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 130, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014