-tsa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tsa"

Finnish

Etymology 1

As with many slang suffixes, there are probably multiple origins, including re-extraction from -sa added to stems ending in -t, and influence from -tsa (etymology 2) cannot be entirely ruled out either.

Suffix

-tsa (front vowel harmony variant -tsä, linguistic notation -tsA) (slang)

1. Slang suffix, generally for nouns (with clipping).

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -tsa (slang)

kartsa

mantsa

pertsa

sontsa

tötsä

• -tsi
• -tsu

Etymology 2

Suffix

-tsa (front vowel harmony variant -tsä, linguistic notation -tsA)

1. alternative form of -itsa