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/
Pitch Accent
- Morae: să · să
- Pattern:
L · L - Class:
atonal
Example sentence
Example 1
- Asaxi: săhwo topo zètoponů.
- English: It rained all yesterday.
- Polish: x
Example 2
- Asaxi: to wo săsă apo zèchỏnů.
- English: I ate the entire apple.
- Polish: x
Example Sentence 2
Example 1
- Asaxi: xő pỏpỏ săsă nèŕa!
- English: He isn’t a rabbit at all!
- Polish: x
Etymology
să (One) + să (One). Logic: “One of One” (1/1 = 100%).