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-ttain
-ttain
See also: -ttäin
Finnish
Suffix
-ttain (front vowel harmony variant -ttäin)
- Forms distributive adverbs.
- aste (“grade”) → asteittain (“gradually”)
- puoli (“half”) → puolittain (“half”)
- tusina (“dozen”) → tusinoittain (“dozens of”)
- Forms adverbs expressing manner.
- kiinalainen (“Chinese”) → kiinalaisittain (“in a Chinese way”)
- tusina (“dozen”) → tusinoittain (“by the dozen”)
- sivu (“page”) → sivuttain (“page by page”)
- Forms adverbs that express position.
- pitkä (“long”) → pitkittäin (“lengthwise”)
- sivu (“side”) → sivuttain (“sideways”)
Usage notes
- This suffix is usually appended to the weak plural stem; see examples above.
Derived terms
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