naama
Finnish
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Proto-Samic *nāmē (whence Northern Sami námmi (“thin skin covering growing reindeer antlers”)). Cognate to Karelian noama (“face, mask”).
Pronunciation
Noun
naama
- (biology) face (front of the head of an animal)
- (colloquial, anatomy) face (front of the human head)
- (slang) face, mouth
- Naama umpeen!
- Shut your face!
Declension
Inflection of naama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | naama | naamat | ||
genitive | naaman | naamojen | ||
partitive | naamaa | naamoja | ||
illative | naamaan | naamoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | naama | naamat | ||
accusative | nom. | naama | naamat | |
gen. | naaman | |||
genitive | naaman | naamojen naamain rare | ||
partitive | naamaa | naamoja | ||
inessive | naamassa | naamoissa | ||
elative | naamasta | naamoista | ||
illative | naamaan | naamoihin | ||
adessive | naamalla | naamoilla | ||
ablative | naamalta | naamoilta | ||
allative | naamalle | naamoille | ||
essive | naamana | naamoina | ||
translative | naamaksi | naamoiksi | ||
abessive | naamatta | naamoitta | ||
instructive | — | naamoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (front of human face): kasvot (standard); pärstä, turpa (colloquial)
- (mouth): suu (standard); turpa (colloquial)
Compounds
compounds
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN