-ea

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See also: ea, Ea, EA, êa, ea., E/A, éa-, ę-ą, and -eä

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *-ëda, from Proto-Uralic *-(e)ta.

Suffix

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-ea (front vowel harmony variant -eä, linguistic notation -eA)

  1. A suffix for making adjectives from some nouns and verbs.
    kalpa- + ‎-ea → ‎kalpea (pale)
    pyörä (wheel) + ‎-ea → ‎pyöreä (round)

Declension

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Inflection of -ea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
nominative -ea -eat
genitive -ean -eiden
-eitten
partitive -eaa
-eata
-eita
illative -eaan -eisiin
-eihin
singular plural
nominative -ea -eat
accusative nom. -ea -eat
gen. -ean
genitive -ean -eiden
-eitten
-eain rare
partitive -eaa
-eata
-eita
inessive -eassa -eissa
elative -easta -eista
illative -eaan -eisiin
-eihin
adessive -ealla -eilla
ablative -ealta -eilta
allative -ealle -eille
essive -eana -eina
translative -eaksi -eiksi
abessive -eatta -eitta
instructive -ein
comitative -eine
Possessive forms of -ea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative -eani -eani
accusative nom. -eani -eani
gen. -eani
genitive -eani -eideni
-eitteni
-eaini rare
partitive -eaani
-eatani
-eitani
inessive -eassani -eissani
elative -eastani -eistani
illative -eaani -eisiini
-eihini
adessive -eallani -eillani
ablative -ealtani -eiltani
allative -ealleni -eilleni
essive -eanani -einani
translative -eakseni -eikseni
abessive -eattani -eittani
instructive
comitative -eineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative -easi -easi
accusative nom. -easi -easi
gen. -easi
genitive -easi -eidesi
-eittesi
-eaisi rare
partitive -eaasi
-eatasi
-eitasi
inessive -eassasi -eissasi
elative -eastasi -eistasi
illative -eaasi -eisiisi
-eihisi
adessive -eallasi -eillasi
ablative -ealtasi -eiltasi
allative -eallesi -eillesi
essive -eanasi -einasi
translative -eaksesi -eiksesi
abessive -eattasi -eittasi
instructive
comitative -einesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative -eamme -eamme
accusative nom. -eamme -eamme
gen. -eamme
genitive -eamme -eidemme
-eittemme
-eaimme rare
partitive -eaamme
-eatamme
-eitamme
inessive -eassamme -eissamme
elative -eastamme -eistamme
illative -eaamme -eisiimme
-eihimme
adessive -eallamme -eillamme
ablative -ealtamme -eiltamme
allative -eallemme -eillemme
essive -eanamme -einamme
translative -eaksemme -eiksemme
abessive -eattamme -eittamme
instructive
comitative -einemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative -eanne -eanne
accusative nom. -eanne -eanne
gen. -eanne
genitive -eanne -eidenne
-eittenne
-eainne rare
partitive -eaanne
-eatanne
-eitanne
inessive -eassanne -eissanne
elative -eastanne -eistanne
illative -eaanne -eisiinne
-eihinne
adessive -eallanne -eillanne
ablative -ealtanne -eiltanne
allative -eallenne -eillenne
essive -eananne -einanne
translative -eaksenne -eiksenne
abessive -eattanne -eittanne
instructive
comitative -einenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative -eansa -eansa
accusative nom. -eansa -eansa
gen. -eansa
genitive -eansa -eidensa
-eittensa
-eainsa rare
partitive -eataan
-eaansa
-eatansa
-eitaan
-eitansa
inessive -eassaan
-eassansa
-eissaan
-eissansa
elative -eastaan
-eastansa
-eistaan
-eistansa
illative -eaansa -eisiinsa
-eihinsa
adessive -eallaan
-eallansa
-eillaan
-eillansa
ablative -ealtaan
-ealtansa
-eiltaan
-eiltansa
allative -ealleen
-eallensa
-eilleen
-eillensa
essive -eanaan
-eanansa
-einaan
-einansa
translative -eakseen
-eaksensa
-eikseen
-eiksensa
abessive -eattaan
-eattansa
-eittaan
-eittansa
instructive
comitative -eineen
-einensa

Alternative forms

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  • -ee (mainly Tavastian and Savonian)
  • -ia (mainly Ostrobothnian, Peräpohja and southeastern)

Derived terms

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Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin -ea.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ea

  1. having the color of
    oranjo (orange (fruit)) + ‎-ea → ‎oranjea (orange (color))

Derived terms

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ea

  1. inflection of -eus:
    1. nominative/ablative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin -ēre, the ending of the present active infinitive form of second conjugation verbs. Cognate with Spanish -er, Italian -ere, etc.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ea

  1. A suffix forming infinitives of many verbs.
Conjugation
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See also

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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Latin -ella.

Suffix

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-ea f (plural -ele, masculine -el, masculine plural -ei)

  1. Used to form the feminine diminutive of a word
Declension
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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈea/ [ˈe.a]
  • Rhymes: -ea
  • Syllabification: -e‧a

Suffix

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-ea (non-lemma form of adjective-forming suffix)

  1. female equivalent of -eo

Further reading

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Swahili

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Suffix

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-ea

  1. mid vowel variant of -ia

Walloon

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ja/, /ɛː/, /æː/

Suffix

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-ea

  1. Added to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive form.