-ssa

See also: SSA

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ssa, from earlier *-s-na, from *-s- (internal locative infix) + *-na (locative case suffix).

Suffix

-ssa (front vowel harmony variant -ssä)

The marker of inessive case.
talo -> talossa

talot -> taloissa (pl)

metsä -> metsässä

metsät -> metsissä (pl)

Greenlandic

Affix

-ssa (v-v^?, truncative^?)

Marks the future tense.
- 1992, "[timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=269791&pageId=3833037&lang=da Usuni kipigaa]", Atuagagdliutit
  Nammineq tissassarluni iner sinnaa nngin nerluni anisuua lu qanoq ililluni ani sassava?
  I wonder if s/he will be unable to stimulate hirself to an orgasm, and how will the semen leave?
Marks logical necessity.

Further reading

Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 128, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 130, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014

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