etä-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "eta"

Finnish

Etymology

From , from Proto-Finno-Permic *ečkä, *ečä.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈetæ-/, [ˈe̞t̪æ-]

Prefix

etä-

1. distant, remote, long-distance, far-off

Inflection

Declension of etä- noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative etä- – superessive etäällä – genitive – – delative etäältä – partitive – – sublative etäälle – accusative – – lative – – inessive – – temporal – – elative – – causative – – illative – – multiplicative – – adessive – – distributive – – ablative – – temp. dist. – – allative – – prolative – – essive – – situative – – translative – – oppositive – – abessive – – instructive – – comitative – –

The cases of etä- serve in Finnish only as adverbs.

Synonyms

• (distant, remote, long-distance, far-off): kauko-

Derived terms

• adjectives: etäinen
• verbs: etääntyä

Related terms

• See the inflection table.

Compounds

• etätyö