-loida

Finnish

Etymology

-la +‎ -oida

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /-loi̯dɑˣ/, [-lo̞i̯dɑ̝(ʔ)]

Suffix

-loida (front vowel harmony variant -löidä, stem -loi-, linguistic notation -lOi- or -lOidA)

  1. Forms some verbs, mainly sound-symbolic ones.

Usage notes

  • With bisyllabic stems, the preceding -a-, -ä- usually changes to -e- (compare -ella, -lo).

Derived terms