epä-

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *epä. Originally active present participle (-pä) of the negative verb stem *e-; see ei. Cognate with Estonian eba-, Livonian äb, Moksha аф (af), Erzya апак (apak).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈepæ-/, [ˈe̞pæ-]

Prefix

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epä-

  1. Used to invert the meaning of a word: in-, non-, un-, dis-, mis-, mal-
    epä-selvä (clear) → ‎epäselvä (unclear)

Derived terms

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *epä-. Cognates include Finnish epä- and Estonian eba-.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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epä-

  1. Used to invert the meaning of a word: un-, non-

Derived terms

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