-ssa

From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from earlier *-s-na, from *-s- (internal locative infix, of uncertain origin but possibly from the lative ending *-s (traditionally held theory), from Proto-Uralic *sɜ or a contraction of Proto-Uralic *sekä (“inside, interior”)^[1]) + *-na (locative case suffix).

-ssa (front vowel harmony variant -ssä, linguistic notation -ssA)

1. The marker of inessive case; in, inside

   talo -> talossa

   talot -> taloissa (pl)

   metsä -> metsässä

   metsät -> metsissä (pl)

   1. covered in

      Ja nyt putket ovat tyystin öljyssä.

      And now the pipes are covered in oil, through and through.

      Peruna on aivan iduissa.

      The potato is totally covered in sprouts.

-ssa (v-v^?, truncative^?)

1. Marks the future tense.
   • 1992, "[timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=269791&pageId=3833037&lang=da Usuni kipigaa]", Atuagagdliutit

     Nammineq tissassarluni inersinnaannginnerluni anisuualu qanoq ililluni anisassava?

     I wonder if he will be unable to stimulate himself to an orgasm, and how will the semen leave?

2. Marks logical necessity.

• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 128, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
• Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 130, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014