-alla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "alla"

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin -ālia, the neuter plural of -ālis. Cognate with French -aille, Italian -aglia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.ʎa]

Suffix

-alla f (plural -alles)

1. used to create collective nouns, often pejorative

   ‎fadrí (“youth, young man”) + ‎-alla → ‎fadrinalla (“young people”)

   ‎gent (“people”) + ‎-alla → ‎gentalla (“riffraff, rabble”)

2. forms feminine nouns indicating the means or result of an action

   ‎deixar (“to leave”) + ‎-alla → ‎deixalla (“relic, leftover”)

   ‎endevinar (“to guess”) + ‎-alla → ‎endevinalla (“riddle”)

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -alla

Related terms

• -al

See also

• -all

Further reading

• “-alla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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).
• *-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). Alternatively, Mantila (1992) proposes that the consonant in this variant was initially *-g-.
• *-ha-, in alhaalla and ylhäällä (as well as the corresponding forms with -alle, -alta), and connected with -hinen.
• *-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).

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