-ntaa

See also: -ntää

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-ntadak, possibly even from Proto-Uralic *-mta-, but in any case equal to -(e)n(e)- +‎ -taa (the causative form of -eta, with which the stem-final vowel change is shared).

Suffix

-ntaa (front vowel harmony variant -ntää, stem -nta-, linguistic notation -ntA- or -ntAA)

Forms factitive verbs from adjectives and names of languages, meaning "causing to become" or "making"., or in the case of languages, to translate into that language; -en, -fy.
‎pieni (“small”) + ‎-ntaa → ‎pienentää (“to shrink”)

‎paksu (“thick”) + ‎-ntaa → ‎paksuntaa (“to thicken”)

‎suuri (“large”) + ‎-ntaa → ‎suurentaa (“to magnify”)

‎englanti (“English”) + ‎-ntaa → ‎englannintaa (“to translate into English”)

Usage notes

The suffix is added to the genitive singular (weak grade) stem. A preceding stem-final -a-, -ä- changes to -e- (see -eta for more on this change), except in some newer derivations, such as kuvantaa and kustantaa.

Conjugation

Inflection of -ntaa (Kotus type 54*J/huutaa, nt-nn gradation)

indicative mood

present tense

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

-nnan

en -nna

1st sing.

olen -ntanut

en ole -ntanut

2nd sing.

-nnat

et -nna

2nd sing.

olet -ntanut

et ole -ntanut

3rd sing.

-ntaa

ei -nna

3rd sing.

on -ntanut

ei ole -ntanut

1st plur.

-nnamme

emme -nna

1st plur.

olemme -ntaneet

emme ole -ntaneet

2nd plur.

-nnatte

ette -nna

2nd plur.

olette -ntaneet

ette ole -ntaneet

3rd plur.

-ntavat

eivät -nna

3rd plur.

ovat -ntaneet

eivät ole -ntaneet

passive

-nnetaan

ei -nneta

passive

on -nnettu

ei ole -nnettu

past tense

pluperfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

-nsin

en -ntanut

1st sing.

olin -ntanut

en ollut -ntanut

2nd sing.

-nsit

et -ntanut

2nd sing.

olit -ntanut

et ollut -ntanut

3rd sing.

-nsi

ei -ntanut

3rd sing.

oli -ntanut

ei ollut -ntanut

1st plur.

-nsimme

emme -ntaneet

1st plur.

olimme -ntaneet

emme olleet -ntaneet

2nd plur.

-nsitte

ette -ntaneet

2nd plur.

olitte -ntaneet

ette olleet -ntaneet

3rd plur.

-nsivat

eivät -ntaneet

3rd plur.

olivat -ntaneet

eivät olleet -ntaneet

passive

-nnettiin

ei -nnettu

passive

oli -nnettu

ei ollut -nnettu

conditional mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

-ntaisin

en -ntaisi

1st sing.

olisin -ntanut

en olisi -ntanut

2nd sing.

-ntaisit

et -ntaisi

2nd sing.

olisit -ntanut

et olisi -ntanut

3rd sing.

-ntaisi

ei -ntaisi

3rd sing.

olisi -ntanut

ei olisi -ntanut

1st plur.

-ntaisimme

emme -ntaisi

1st plur.

olisimme -ntaneet

emme olisi -ntaneet

2nd plur.

-ntaisitte

ette -ntaisi

2nd plur.

olisitte -ntaneet

ette olisi -ntaneet

3rd plur.

-ntaisivat

eivät -ntaisi

3rd plur.

olisivat -ntaneet

eivät olisi -ntaneet

passive

-nnettaisiin

ei -nnettaisi

passive

olisi -nnettu

ei olisi -nnettu

imperative mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

—

1st sing.

—

2nd sing.

-nna

älä -nna

2nd sing.

—

3rd sing.

-ntakoon

älköön -ntako

3rd sing.

olkoon -ntanut

älköön olko -ntanut

1st plur.

-ntakaamme

älkäämme -ntako

1st plur.

—

2nd plur.

-ntakaa

älkää -ntako

2nd plur.

—

3rd plur.

-ntakoot

älkööt -ntako

3rd plur.

olkoot -ntaneet

älkööt olko -ntaneet

passive

-nnettakoon

älköön -nnettako

passive

olkoon -nnettu

älköön olko -nnettu

potential mood

present

perfect

person

positive

negative

person

positive

negative

1st sing.

-ntanen

en -ntane

1st sing.

lienen -ntanut

en liene -ntanut

2nd sing.

-ntanet

et -ntane

2nd sing.

lienet -ntanut

et liene -ntanut

3rd sing.

-ntanee

ei -ntane

3rd sing.

lienee -ntanut

ei liene -ntanut

1st plur.

-ntanemme

emme -ntane

1st plur.

lienemme -ntaneet

emme liene -ntaneet

2nd plur.

-ntanette

ette -ntane

2nd plur.

lienette -ntaneet

ette liene -ntaneet

3rd plur.

-ntanevat

eivät -ntane

3rd plur.

lienevät -ntaneet

eivät liene -ntaneet

passive

-nnettaneen

ei -nnettane

passive

lienee -nnettu

ei liene -nnettu

Nominal forms

infinitives

participles

active

passive

active

passive

1st

-ntaa

present

-ntava

-nnettava

long 1st¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	-ntaakseni	-ntaaksemme
2nd	-ntaaksesi	-ntaaksenne
3rd	-ntaakseen -ntaaksensa

past

-ntanut

-nnettu

2nd

inessive²

-ntaessa

-nnettaessa

agent⁴

-ntama

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	-ntaessani	-ntaessamme
2nd	-ntaessasi	-ntaessanne
3rd	-ntaessaan -ntaessansa

negative

-ntamaton

instructive

-ntaen

—

¹⁾ Used only with a possessive suffix.

²⁾ Usually with a possessive suffix (active only).
³⁾ Some uses of the verbal noun are called the 'fourth infinitive' by certain sources (more details).
⁴⁾ Usually with a possessive suffix. May not be used with all verbs, especially intransitive ones (more details). Distinct from nouns with the -ma suffix and third infinitive forms.

* The third-person singular indicative form -ntaa does not exhibit final gemination,
unlike the first infinitive (the lemma form), even though they are spelled identically.

3rd

inessive

-ntamassa

—

elative

-ntamasta

—

illative

-ntamaan

—

adessive

-ntamalla

—

abessive

-ntamatta

—

instructive

-ntaman

-nnettaman

4th³

verbal noun

-ntaminen

5th¹

Possessive forms
Person	sing.	plur.
1st	-ntamaisillani	-ntamaisillamme
2nd	-ntamaisillasi	-ntamaisillanne
3rd	-ntamaisillaan -ntamaisillansa

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -ntaa

-ntua

Anagrams

nata, taan