tüma

See also: tuma, Tüma, Tuma, and Tûma

Estonian[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *tümä (“glue”), from Proto-Uralic *ďümä (“glue”).

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tüma (genitive tüma, partitive tüma, comparative tümam, superlative kõige tümam)

(of soil) soft, marshy
Mõnes kohas on maa nii tüma, et autoga ligi ei pääse.
In some places, the land is so marshy that it is not accessible by car.

Synonym: soine
1. (baking, of food) crumbly; soft, tender
  Keeda liha tümaks.
  Boil the meat until tender.
  
  Synonym: pehme
(of a person) physically or mentally tired; exhausted; powerless
Suitsusaun teeb keha nii tümaks, et ei viitsigi tiiki hüpata.
The smoke sauna makes the body so tired that you don't even bother to jump into the pond.

Synonym: väsinud

tüma (genitive tüma, partitive tüma)

(geography) a marsh (an area of low, wet land, often with tall grass)
Synonym: mäda

Loom jäi tümasse kinni.
The animal got stuck in the marsh.

Declension of tüma (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tüma	tümad
accusative	nom.	tüma
accusative	gen.	tüma
genitive		tüma	tümade
partitive		tüma	tümasid
illative		tümma tümasse	tümadesse
inessive		tümas	tümades
elative		tümast	tümadest
allative		tümale	tümadele
adessive		tümal	tümadel
ablative		tümalt	tümadelt
translative		tümaks	tümadeks
terminative		tümani	tümadeni
essive		tümana	tümadena
abessive		tümata	tümadeta
comitative		tümaga	tümadega

tüma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
“tüma”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009