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kanssa.

with (in the company of; alongside, close to; near to)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

postp/ˈkɑnsːɑ/[ˈkɑ̝ns̠ːɑ̝]

  1. with (in the company of; alongside, close to; near to)

    Syön Timon kanssa.
    Tuletko syömään (meidän) kanssamme?

  2. with (in support of)

    Sinun kansasi on kanssasi.
Where this word comes from

Derived from kansa (“people”), from one or more of the following: * reduced from of kansassa, the inessive singular form of kansa * from an old essive/locative (kanssa < *kans-sa < *kans-na), * from the nominative kansa through apocope to kans ~ kanss, to which the vowel was later readded in the standard language (to kanssa). Compare Estonian kaasa, ka, Livonian ka, Võro kah, Votic kaaz. While these are all related, it is possible that some of these are from slightly different forms.

adv/ˈkɑnsːɑ/[ˈkɑ̝ns̠ːɑ̝]

  1. also, too, likewise

    dialectal · informal
    Herään kanssa ennen (kello) kuutta.
Where this word comes from

Derived from kansa (“people”), from one or more of the following: * reduced from of kansassa, the inessive singular form of kansa * from an old essive/locative (kanssa < *kans-sa < *kans-na), * from the nominative kansa through apocope to kans ~ kanss, to which the vowel was later readded in the standard language (to kanssa). Compare Estonian kaasa, ka, Livonian ka, Võro kah, Votic kaaz. While these are all related, it is possible that some of these are from slightly different forms.

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