-ntaa

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *-ntadak, possibly even from Proto-Uralic *-mta-, but in any case equal to -(e)n(e)- +‎ -taa (the causative form of -eta, with which the stem-final vowel change is shared). === Suffix === -ntaa (front vowel harmony variant -ntää, stem -nta-, linguistic notation -ntA- or -ntAA) Forms factitive verbs from adjectives and names of languages, meaning "causing to become" or "making"; -en, -fy ‎pieni (“small”) + ‎-ntaa → ‎pienentää (“to shrink”) ‎paksu (“thick”) + ‎-ntaa → ‎paksuntaa (“to thicken”) ‎suuri (“large”) + ‎-ntaa → ‎suurentaa (“to magnify”) ‎englanti (“English”) + ‎-ntaa → ‎englannintaa (“to translate into English”) ==== Usage notes ==== The suffix is added to the genitive singular (weak grade) stem. A preceding stem-final -a-, -ä- changes to -e- (see -eta for more on this change), except in some newer derivations, such as kuvantaa and kustantaa. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === -nta -staa -ttaa === Anagrams === nata, taan