kaima
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *kaima (compare Estonian kaim, Proto-Samic *kuojmē), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian káimas, Latvian ciems). Northern Sami gaiˈbmât (“to adapt to a companion, to enjoy company”), from Proto-Samic *kājmē, is a later borrowing from Finnic.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kaima
- namesake (a person with the same name as another person)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kaima (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kaima | kaimat | ||
genitive | kaiman | kaimojen | ||
partitive | kaimaa | kaimoja | ||
illative | kaimaan | kaimoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kaima | kaimat | ||
accusative | nom. | kaima | kaimat | |
gen. | kaiman | |||
genitive | kaiman | kaimojen kaimainrare | ||
partitive | kaimaa | kaimoja | ||
inessive | kaimassa | kaimoissa | ||
elative | kaimasta | kaimoista | ||
illative | kaimaan | kaimoihin | ||
adessive | kaimalla | kaimoilla | ||
ablative | kaimalta | kaimoilta | ||
allative | kaimalle | kaimoille | ||
essive | kaimana | kaimoina | ||
translative | kaimaksi | kaimoiksi | ||
abessive | kaimatta | kaimoitta | ||
instructive | — | kaimoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “kaima”, 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 2023-07-02