Meaning of -tsi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. by, through, via; the suffix of the obsolete prolative case, indicating:
   morpheme
2. route, path by which sth/sb travels.
   morpheme
3. means using which sth is done.
   morpheme
4. way by which sth is done.
   morpheme
5. position in which two or more people are standing (only from some body parts): X to X.
   morpheme

Examples

“meri (“sea”) + -tsi → meritsi (“by sea”)”

“jää (“ice”) + -tsi → jäitsi (“by ice”)”

“maa (“land”) + -tsi → maitsi (“by land”)”

“õhk (“air”) + -tsi → õhutsi (“by air”)”

“telefon (“phone”) + -tsi → telefonitsi (“by phone”)”

“meil (“email”) + -tsi → meilitsi (“by, via email”)”

“käsi (“hand”) + -tsi → käsitsi (“by hand, manually”) (this is probably the most common example of this suffix being used in everyday speech)”

“sõna (“word”) + -tsi → sõnutsi (“according to (the words of sb)”)”

“omavoli (“arbitrariness, maladministration”) + -tsi → omavolitsi (“arbitrarily”)”

“viha (“anger, rage”) + -tsi → vihatsi (“angrily”)”

“selg (“back”) + -tsi → selitsi (“back to back”)”

“külg (“side”) + -tsi → külitsi (“side by side”)”

“rind (“chest”) + -tsi → rinnutsi (“chest to chest, abreast”)”

“karv (“(body) hair”) + -tsi → karvutsi (“hair to hair”)”

“silm (“eye”) + -tsi → silmitsi (“eye to eye”) (this is also one of the most common examples of this suffix being used in everyday speech)”

“nägu (“face”) + -tsi → näotsi (“face to face”)”

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