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( archaic personal suffix) Formed the third-person singular indicative past definite, for back-vowel verbs. For the full paradigm, see theusage template . Synonym: ( modern form ) -ta Coordinate term: ( for front-vowel verbs ) -é Látá az embereket. ―He/she saw the people. See-a .
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combining form of-a ( possessive suffix ) before mostcase suffixes , except that of theessive-formal . lába ( “ his/her/its foot/leg ” ) + -n → lábá n ( “ on his/her/its foot/leg ” ) -á
Verbal stem occurring in the following root, aspect, and mode combinations :Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Iterative Optative Continuative -YÁ (go)
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( pronominal suffix ) of (used with a noun)M-āw gātɨ̄-á tɨ̀ kānjɨ̄-á I wentto sell fish Keegan, John (2014). The Eastern Sara Languages. Ceunca, Spain: Morkeg Books. p. 223. (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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plural suffix (with a-declension nouns) Inherited fromSanskrit -अयति ( -ayati ) , fromProto-Indo-European *-éyeti , from*-yeti .
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causative (valence-increasing) suffix (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
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oblique case suffix (with a-declension nouns) Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011 ), “-á”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1] , Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN
FromOld Galician-Portuguese -a , froma , third-person singular present indicative ofaver ( “ to have ” ) , corresponding to modernhá .
-á (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix )
forms the third-person singular future indicative form of verbs comer ( “ to eat ” ) + -á → comerá ( “ (he/she/it) will eat ” ) -á (non-lemma form of verb-forming suffix )
apocopic form of-ar ; used preceding the pronounslo ,la ,los orlas ( Brazil , proscribed ) alternative form of-ar in any position