-tsa

See also: -TSĄ́

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *-cca.

Suffix

-tsa (front vowel harmony variant -tsä)

  1. A diminutive suffix. No longer productive.
Derived terms
Finnish terms suffixed with -tsa (diminutive)

Etymology 2

As with many slang suffixes, there are probably multiple origins, including re-extraction from -sa added to stems ending in -t, and influence from etymology 1 cannot be entirely ruled out either.

Suffix

-tsa (front vowel harmony variant -tsä)

  1. (slang) Slang suffix, generally for nouns (with clipping).
Derived terms
Finnish terms suffixed with -tsa (slang)
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