-alla

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Latin -ālia, the neuter plural of -ālis. Cognate with French -aille, Italian -aglia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈa.ʎə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈa.ʎa] === Suffix === -alla f (plural -alles) used to create collective nouns, often pejorative ‎fadrí (“youth, young man”) + ‎-alla → ‎fadrinalla (“young people”) ‎gent (“people”) + ‎-alla → ‎gentalla (“riffraff, rabble”) forms feminine nouns indicating the means or result of an action ‎deixar (“to leave”) + ‎-alla → ‎deixalla (“relic, leftover”) ‎endevinar (“to guess”) + ‎-alla → ‎endevinalla (“riddle”) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== -al === See also === -all === Further reading === “-alla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Finnish == === Etymology === From -a- +‎ -lla (like in -alle, -alta). The initial component was not originally simply a vowel, but was preceded by a consonant. The preceding component was: *-ga-, in monosyllabic pronominal stems like täällä and siellä (as well as the corresponding forms with -alta). in which case it may be -ka (like in täkä- > *tägällä > täällä). *-ja- (probably, or *-ga-), in most forms on polysyllabic stems. In dialects, forms like kaikkijalla, kaikkihalla (kaikkialla) and toisahalla, toisajalla (toisaalla) are found. According to SKRK, the first component may be the same suffix -ja seen in some place names (Proto-Finnic *-ja (denominal suffix), unrelated to the deverbal agent noun suffix -ja). Alternatively, Mantila (1992) proposes that the consonant in this variant was initially *-g-. *-ha-, in alhaalla and ylhäällä (as well as the corresponding forms with -alle, -alta), and connected with -hinen. *-da-, in istualla(an) and seisaalla(an) (as well as the corresponding forms with -alle, -alta), which is probably related to the first infinitive ending (Proto-Finnic *-dak). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-ɑlːɑ/, [-ɑ̝lːɑ̝] === Suffix === -alla (front vowel harmony variant -ällä, linguistic notation -AllA) The superessive case suffix, used to form some adverbs. ==== Derived terms ==== === References ===