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Basque
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ra
- Allative singular suffix.
- ibai (“river”) + -ra → ibaira (“to the river”)
- in order to
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “-ra” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-ra, from Proto-Finno-Ugric .
Suffix
-ra (front vowel harmony variant -rä, linguistic notation -rA)
- Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal stems.
Derived terms
Garo
Suffix
-ra
- used to make suggestions
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ra/-re (sublative case suffix)
- (of place) onto, on
- asztal (“table”) → Tedd az asztalra. ― Put it on the table.
- (of time) for, by
- pillanat (“moment”) → egy pillanatra ― for a moment
- szerda (“Wednesday”) → Kész lesz szerdára? ― Will it be ready by Wednesday?
Usage notes
- (sublative case suffix) Variants:
- -ra is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
- pad (“bench”) → Leültem egy padra. ― I sat down on a bench.
- alma (“apple”) → Allergiás vagyok az almára. ― I am allergic to apples.
- -re is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
- szék (“chair”) → Leültem egy székre. ― I sat down on a chair.
- béke (“peace”) → Mindenki békére vágyik. ― Everyone longs for peace.
Hungarian case suffixes
Case
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Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú
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Front vowel
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unrounded e, é, i, í
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rounded ö, ő, ü, ű
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nominative
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—
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accusative
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-t
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-ot / -at
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-et
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-öt
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dative
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-nak
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-nek
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instrumental
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-val
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-vel
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causal-final
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-ért
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translative
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-vá
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-vé
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terminative
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-ig
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essive-formal
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-ként
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essive-modal
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-ul
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-ül
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inessive
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-ban
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-ben
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superessive
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-n
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-on
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-en
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-ön
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adessive
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-nál
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-nél
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illative
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-ba
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-be
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sublative
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-ra
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-re
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allative
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-hoz
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-hez
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-höz
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elative
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-ból
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-ből
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delative
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-ról
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-ről
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ablative
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-tól
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-től
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Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként. alma — almában, but almaként zene ― zenében, but zeneként
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See also
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish -rad.
Suffix
-ra m
- Collective suffix, attached to nouns or adjectives, used to form nouns: -ry, -y
- milseog (“dessert”) + -ra → milseogra (“confectionery”)
- glas (“green”) + -ra → glasra (“vegetable; originally “greenery”)
Declension
Derived terms
Japanese
Romanization
-ra
- Rōmaji transcription of ら
Mayo
Suffix
-ra
- Suffix forming adjectives from nouns.
- cobba (“head”) + -ra → cóbaꞌara (“big-headed”)
Derived terms
References
- Collard, Howard, Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984) Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6) (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 203
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
From raa (“thing”).
Pronunciation
Classifier
-ra
- Classifier for inanimate objects.
Derived terms
References
- Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20) (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 208
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 83
Slovak
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ra f
- nominal suffix
Usage notes
- This suffix is only used for one word: kostra, hence the genitive plural form -or, the dative plural form -ram and the locative plural form -rach are hypothetical.
Declension
Derived terms