-staa
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Extracted from the verbs pyydystää (“to capture”) and saalistaa (“to prey”), both originally formed by the suffix -taa/-tää from the nouns pyydys and saalis.
Suffix[edit]
-staa (front vowel harmony variant -stää, stem -sta-)
- Forms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or catching animals or picking plants.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See -istaa.
Suffix[edit]
-staa (front vowel harmony variant -stää, stem -sta-)
- Allomorph of -istaa, particularly used after labial vowels.