Suomi

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Etymology

From Finnish Suomi

Proper noun

Suomi

1. Finland.
2. Finnish (language).
   • 1888, Canon Isaac Taylor, "The Origin and Primitive Seat of the Aryans", The journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 17, page 266

     The Finnic languages show that the primitive people were clad only in the skins of animals since the skin or hide of an animal is kut in Wotiak, ked in Mordwin and kete in Suomi.

   • 2011, John O'Neill and Steve Johansson, "Ladies and the Vamps", Knights of the Dinner Table: The Java Joint, ISBN 1594591253, page 32:

     "I THOUGHT HIS SITE WAS ENTIRELY IN SUOMI." "IF THAT MEANS IT'S GOT MORE DOTS OVER THE VOWELS THAN AN EIGHTIES HEAVY METAL ALBUM, I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT."

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Finnish

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Etymology

Probably from *šāma-, from Proto-Baltic *žemē (“ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm. Cognates include Estonian Soome, Sami Suopma, as well as Sami, Häme (Tavastia), hämäläinen (Tavastian).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Suo‧mi
• Rhymes: -uomi
• IPA: [ˈsuomi]

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Proper noun

Suomi

1. Finland (country)
2. A surname.

Declension

Declension of Suomi (type ovi) singular plural nominative Suomi – genitive Suomen – partitive Suomea – accusative Suomi Suomen – inessive Suomessa – elative Suomesta – illative Suomeen – adessive Suomella – ablative Suomelta – allative Suomelle – essive Suomena – translative Suomeksi – instructive – – abessive Suometta – comitative – –

Related terms

• suomi (language)

Derived terms

• nouns: Suomi-neito, Suomi-poika
• adjectives: suomalainen, suomensukuinen
• verbs: suomalaistaa, suomalaistua, suomentaa, suomettua

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Karelian

Proper noun

Suomi

1. Finland