uuma
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly derived from dialectal uu (“hole, nest”) (compare uumen).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
uuma
- waist
- Synonym: vyötärö
- (rail transport) web (thinner vertical section of a railway rail between the top (head) and bottom (foot) of the rail)
- girdle (line of greatest circumference of a brilliant-cut diamond)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of uuma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | uuma | uumat | ||
genitive | uuman | uumien | ||
partitive | uumaa | uumia | ||
illative | uumaan | uumiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | uuma | uumat | ||
accusative | nom. | uuma | uumat | |
gen. | uuman | |||
genitive | uuman | uumien uumain rare | ||
partitive | uumaa | uumia | ||
inessive | uumassa | uumissa | ||
elative | uumasta | uumista | ||
illative | uumaan | uumiin | ||
adessive | uumalla | uumilla | ||
ablative | uumalta | uumilta | ||
allative | uumalle | uumille | ||
essive | uumana | uumina | ||
translative | uumaksi | uumiksi | ||
abessive | uumatta | uumitta | ||
instructive | — | uumin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “uuma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Greenlandic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
uuma