Estonian

Suffix

-la ‎(genitive -la, partitive -lat)

1. Forms nouns that signify a place.

   haige ‎(“sick”) + ‎-la → ‎haigla ‎(“hospital”)

   kana ‎(“chicken”) + ‎-la → ‎kanala ‎(“chicken coop”)

Inflection

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-la. Cognate with Estonian -la.

Suffix

-la ‎(front vowel harmony variant -lä)

1. Forms nouns that signify a place, such as an abode, a house, a land of, etc. Often denotes a farm in many place names.

   Kaleva → Kalevala "the land of Kaleva"

   kana "hen" → kanala "henhouse"

   ravinto "nourishment" → ravintola "restaurant"

   Jussi → Jussila "the farm of Jussi"

Declension

Usage notes

• About 12% of Finns have a surname ending in -la/-lä, transferred from names of farms and small villages.

Derived terms

Latin

Suffix

-la

1. nominative feminine singular of -lus
2. nominative neuter plural of -lus
3. accusative neuter plural of -lus
4. vocative feminine singular of -lus
5. vocative neuter plural of -lus

-lā

1. ablative feminine singular of -lus

Pitjantjatjara

Pronoun

-la ‎(first person plural nominative, bound form of nganaṉa)

1. we (3 or more people)

Usage notes

Bound pronouns can be used instead of the regular "long form" pronouns. They act as clitics that attach to the last word of the first noun phrase in the sentence, or the conjunctions ka or munu if present.

Related terms

Preposition

-la

1. at, on, in, near, with, etc. for proper nouns that end with a vowel. The equivalent of -ngka, and -ta.
2. an ending that you use before -kutu and -nguru with proper nouns.

Usage notes

This preposition is added to the end of the proper noun. Sometimes a helper vowel can be added before -la to make it end with a vowel. -ta should be used instead if the word ends with n or l.

Suffix

-la

1. Makes "la" class verbs into commands.

Usage notes

It is added to the end of the verb stem (of the last verb in the series if there is a series of verbs in the command). Sometimes the pronoun -ya can be added after -la, this makes the command addressed to a group of people. Here that pronoun means second person plural instead of third person.

References

• Template:R:Wangka Wiṟu

Turkish

Suffix

-la

1. with, shortened form of ile

   babamla okula gidiyorum

   I am going to school with my father

2. by, shortened form of ile

   okula kaykayla gidiyorum

   I am going to school by skateboard

Usage notes

• If the word's last vowel is a front vowel (e, i, ö, ü), the ending becomes "-le".

  annemle / trenle - with my mother / by train

  kuzenimle - with my cousin

  gözünle / troleybüsle - with your eye / by trolley bus

• If the word ends in a vowel, the ending becomes "-yla", or after front vowel, "-yle".

  arabayla - by car

  korkuyla - with fear

  gemiyle - by ship

  sevgiyle - with love

• If the ending is added to a proper noun, it must be used with an apostrophe.

  Barış'la - with Barış.

  Buğra'yla - with Buğra.

Vilamovian

Suffix

-la

1. Appended to words to create a diminutive form of a noun.