-skella

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See also: skella and -skellä

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *-skëldak, initial component from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-śk- and the latter equivalent to -ella.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /-skelːɑˣ/, [-s̠k̟e̞lːɑ̝(ʔ)]

Suffix[edit]

-skella (front vowel harmony variant -skellä, stem -skele-, linguistic notation -skele- or -skellA)

  1. Forms frequentative verbs, chiefly from bisyllabic stems.

Usage notes[edit]

A preceding -a- or -ä- becomes an -e- (compare -ella).

Derived terms[edit]

Finnish terms suffixed with -skella
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