-ttain

See also: -ttäin

Finnish

Suffix

-ttain (front vowel harmony variant -ttäin)

  1. Forms distributive adverbs.
    aste (“grade”) → asteittain (“gradually”)
    puoli (“half”) → puolittain (“half”)
    tusina (“dozen”) → tusinoittain (“dozens of”)
  2. Forms adverbs expressing manner.
    kiinalainen (“Chinese”) → kiinalaisittain (“in a Chinese way”)
    tusina (“dozen”) → tusinoittain (“by the dozen”)
    sivu (“page”) → sivuttain (“page by page”)
  3. 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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