-sta
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sta"
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *-sta, from *-s- (internal locative infix; see -ssa) + *-ta (ablative/separative case suffix). Compare Erzya -сто (-sto), -стэ (-ste).
Suffix
-sta (words with back vowel harmony), -stä (words with front vowel harmony)
- indicates the elative case of a noun, adjective, numeral or pronoun