Suomi

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See also: suomi and Šuomi

English

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Finnish Suomi

Pronunciation

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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, 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."

References

Suomi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. Suomi”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.


Finnish

Suomi
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Etymology

There are several theories:

Cognates include Estonian Soome and Northern Sami Suopma, and perhaps English Sami as well as Finnish Häme (Tavastia) and Finnish hämäläinen (Tavastian).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯mi/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯mi]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uomi
  • Syllabification(key): Suo‧mi

Proper noun

Suomi

  1. Finland (country)
  2. a surname

Declension

Inflection of Suomi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative Suomi
genitive Suomen
partitive Suomea
illative Suomeen
singular plural
nominative Suomi
accusative nom. Suomi
gen. Suomen
genitive Suomen
partitive Suomea
inessive Suomessa
elative Suomesta
illative Suomeen
adessive Suomella
ablative Suomelta
allative Suomelle
essive Suomena
translative Suomeksi
abessive Suometta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Suomi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Suomeni
accusative nom. Suomeni
gen. Suomeni
genitive Suomeni
partitive Suomeani
inessive Suomessani
elative Suomestani
illative Suomeeni
adessive Suomellani
ablative Suomeltani
allative Suomelleni
essive Suomenani
translative Suomekseni
abessive Suomettani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Suomesi
accusative nom. Suomesi
gen. Suomesi
genitive Suomesi
partitive Suomeasi
inessive Suomessasi
elative Suomestasi
illative Suomeesi
adessive Suomellasi
ablative Suomeltasi
allative Suomellesi
essive Suomenasi
translative Suomeksesi
abessive Suomettasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Suomemme
accusative nom. Suomemme
gen. Suomemme
genitive Suomemme
partitive Suomeamme
inessive Suomessamme
elative Suomestamme
illative Suomeemme
adessive Suomellamme
ablative Suomeltamme
allative Suomellemme
essive Suomenamme
translative Suomeksemme
abessive Suomettamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Suomenne
accusative nom. Suomenne
gen. Suomenne
genitive Suomenne
partitive Suomeanne
inessive Suomessanne
elative Suomestanne
illative Suomeenne
adessive Suomellanne
ablative Suomeltanne
allative Suomellenne
essive Suomenanne
translative Suomeksenne
abessive Suomettanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Suomensa
accusative nom. Suomensa
gen. Suomensa
genitive Suomensa
partitive Suomeaan
Suomeansa
inessive Suomessaan
Suomessansa
elative Suomestaan
Suomestansa
illative Suomeensa
adessive Suomellaan
Suomellansa
ablative Suomeltaan
Suomeltansa
allative Suomelleen
Suomellensa
essive Suomenaan
Suomenansa
translative Suomekseen
Suomeksensa
abessive Suomettaan
Suomettansa
instructive
comitative

Derived terms

Compounds

Descendants

  • Old East Slavic: Сумь (Sumĭ)
  • Abkhaz: Суоми (Swomi)
  • Esperanto: Suomio

Karelian

Alternative forms

Etymology

See the etymology section under Suomi.

Proper noun

Suomi

  1. Finland

Meänkieli

Etymology

See the etymology section under Suomi.

Proper noun

Suomi

  1. Finland