-са

From Proto-Turkic *-sar or *-sa, where the "r" was gradually omitted over time. Cognate with Turkish -sa.

-са • (-sa)

1. Denotes conditional mood in sentences within a conditional sub-clause.

   Жаңбыр жауса, қолшатырды ал. ― Jañbyr jausa, qolşatyrdy al. ― If it rains, take an umbrella.

• IPA^(key): /-sa/, [-sä]

-са • (-sa)

1. Used to form nouns denoting an inhabitant of a certain place.
2. Used to form relational adjectives for a certain place.

   ‎кар (kar, “city”) + ‎-са (-sa) → ‎карса (karsa, “urban”)

• Bubrikh, Dmitry V. (1949) Грамматика литературного коми языка [Grammar of the literary Komi language] (in Russian), Leningrad: Zhdanov Leningrad State University, page 85

• -со- (-so-) (preceding another suffix)

Akin to Erzya -со (-so), Finnish -ssa (inessive suffix) (which in some dialects is -sa). Originally likely based on Proto-Uralic *-na and an internal locative infix -s- of uncertain origin but possibly from the lative ending *-s.

-са • (-sa)

1. inessive suffix
   • V. I. Ščankina (2011) Russko-mokšansko-erzjanskij slovarʹ [Russian-Moksha-Erzya Dictionary], Saransk, →ISBN

     здесь — тяса

     źďeś — ťa sa

     here [in Russian] — here