-alla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alla"

Finnish

Etymology

From -a- +‎ -lla (like in -alle, -alta). The initial component was not originally simply a vowel, but was preceded by a consonant. The preceding component was:

  • *-ga-, in monosyllabic pronominal stems like täällä and siellä (as well as the corresponding forms with -alta). in which case it may be -ka (like in täkä- > *tägällä > täällä).[1]
  • *-ja- (probably, or *-ga-), in most forms on polysyllabic stems. In dialects, forms like kaikkijalla, kaikkihalla (kaikkialla) and toisahalla, toisajalla (toisaalla) are found. According to SKRK, the first component may be the same suffix -ja seen in some place names (Proto-Finnic *-ja (denominal suffix), unrelated to the deverbal agent noun suffix -ja).[1] Alternatively, Mantila (1992) proposes that the consonant in this variant was initially *-g-.[2]
  • *-ha-, in alhaalla and ylhäällä (as well as the corresponding forms with -alle, -alta), and connected with -hinen.[1]
  • *-da-, in istualla(an) and seisaalla(an) (as well as the corresponding forms with -alle, -alta), which is probably related to the first infinitive ending (Proto-Finnic *-dak).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /-ɑlːɑ/, [-ɑ̝lːɑ̝]

Suffix

-alla (front vowel harmony variant -ällä, linguistic notation -AllA)

  1. The superessive case suffix, used to form some adverbs.

Derived terms
Finnish terms suffixed with -alla

References
  1. Hakulinen, Lauri. 1941–2000. Suomen kielen rakenne ja kehitys ('The Structure and Development of the Finnish Language'). Helsinki: Otava/Helsingin yliopisto.
  2. Mantila, Harri. Ei tääläkhän senthän jokhaishen sanhan hootakhan panna. Jälkitavujen vokaalienvälisen h:n variaatio peräpohjalaisissa murteissa. OY. SSKL. 1992.
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