ahma
Finnish
Etymology
Originally meaning "glutton (one who eats a lot)", from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "fiu-fin-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.. Related to dialectal Estonian ahm, Ingrian ahmo, Karelian ahmo, ahmoi, Ludian ahmo, Votic ahmia (~ ahmia) and more distantly to Northern Sami vuosmmis (from Proto-Samic *vuosvēs).
The meaning "wolverine" is possibly a calque from other European languages such as German Vielfraß and Latin gulo.
Pronunciation
Noun
ahma
- wolverine (Gulo gulo)
Declension
Inflection of ahma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | ahma | ahmat | |
genitive | ahman | ahmojen | |
partitive | ahmaa | ahmoja | |
illative | ahmaan | ahmoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ahma | ahmat | |
accusative | nom. | ahma | ahmat |
gen. | ahman | ||
genitive | ahman | ahmojen ahmain rare | |
partitive | ahmaa | ahmoja | |
inessive | ahmassa | ahmoissa | |
elative | ahmasta | ahmoista | |
illative | ahmaan | ahmoihin | |
adessive | ahmalla | ahmoilla | |
ablative | ahmalta | ahmoilta | |
allative | ahmalle | ahmoille | |
essive | ahmana | ahmoina | |
translative | ahmaksi | ahmoiksi | |
abessive | ahmatta | ahmoitta | |
instructive | — | ahmoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
Anagrams
Gothic
Romanization
ahma
- Romanization of 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌰