-staa

See also: staa, stå, and -stää

Finnish

Etymology 1

Extracted from the verbs pyydystää (“to capture”) and saalistaa (“to prey”), both originally formed by the suffix -taa/-tää from the nouns pyydys and saalis.

Suffix

-staa (front vowel harmony variant -stää)

  1. Forms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or catching animals or picking plants.
    ‎kala (“fish”) + ‎-staa → ‎kalastaa (“to fish”)
    ‎rapu (“crab”) + ‎-staa → ‎ravustaa (“to catch crabs”)
    ‎metsä (“forest”) + ‎-staa → ‎metsästää (“to hunt”)
    ‎marja (“berry”) + ‎-staa → ‎marjastaa (“to pick berries”)

Etymology 2

Suffix

-staa (front vowel harmony variant -stää)

  1. Allomorph of -istaa used after labial vowels.
    ‎into (“zeal”) + ‎-staa → ‎innostaa (“to inspire”)
    ‎apu (“help”) + ‎-staa → ‎avustaa (“to help”)

Derived terms
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