-nna

Estonian

Etymology

From German -in. Introduced by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald.

Suffix

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Forms feminine agent or occupational nouns
eestlane "Estonian (person)" → eestlanna "female Estonian"

laulja "singer" → lauljanna "female singer"

kuningas "king" → kuninganna "queen"

Declension

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Synonyms

-tar (in some cases)

Derived terms

Estonian terms suffixed with -nna

Ingrian

Alternative forms

-n

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-nna. Cognates include Finnish -na and Estonian -na.

Pronunciation

(Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-nːɑ/, [-nːɑ]

(Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-n/, [-n]

Suffix

-nna (front vowel variant -nnä)

Used to form the essive case.

Usage notes

In the Soikkola dialect, may trigger vowel elongation of the preceding vowel.

Inflection

Possessive forms of -nna
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	-nnaan	-nnaamme
2nd person	-nnaas	-nnaanne
3rd person	-nnaa	-nnaasse

References

V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 44

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