săsă (39_Numerals & Mathematics)
săsă
săsă
Grammatical function
- Type: Quantifier / Prefix
- Function: Completeness
- Meaning: “All”, “Entire”, “Whole”, “The full extent”.
Usage Notes
Can be used as a standalone word (săsă) or reduced to a prefix (să-) when attaching to units like days.
Sense 2 (negative polarity). Under negation (fůma, nèŕa, ...ná), săsă reads as “(not) at all, (not) any” — the full extent, denied: hùwaśbiwa săsă fůma (“has no hind legs at all”). First attested in Onă Gaksamipỏpỏ (The Velveteen Rabbit).
Pronunciation
IPA: /saɪsaɪ/
Example sentence
Săhwo topo zètoponů. It rained all yesterday.
To wo săsă apo zèchỏnů. I ate the entire apple.
Example Sentence 2
Xő pỏpỏ săsă nèŕa! “He isn’t a rabbit at all!”
Etymology
să (One) + să (One). Logic: “One of One” (1/1 = 100%).