tuuma

See also: Tuuma

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːmɑ/, [ˈt̪uːmɑ]
• Rhymes: -uːmɑ
• Syllabification: tuu‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian ду́ма (dúma, “thought”).

Noun

tuuma

1. thought, idea

Declension

Inflection of tuuma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		tuuma	tuumat
genitive		tuuman	tuumien
partitive		tuumaa	tuumia
illative		tuumaan	tuumiin
		singular	plural
nominative		tuuma	tuumat
accusative	nom.	tuuma	tuumat
	gen.	tuuman
genitive		tuuman	tuumien tuumainrare
partitive		tuumaa	tuumia
inessive		tuumassa	tuumissa
elative		tuumasta	tuumista
illative		tuumaan	tuumiin
adessive		tuumalla	tuumilla
ablative		tuumalta	tuumilta
allative		tuumalle	tuumille
essive		tuumana	tuumina
translative		tuumaksi	tuumiksi
instructive		—	tuumin
abessive		tuumatta	tuumitta
comitative		—	tuumineen

Possessive forms of tuuma (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	tuumani	tuumamme
2nd person	tuumasi	tuumanne
3rd person	tuumansa

Derived terms

Derived terms

• tuumailla
• tuumata

• tuumia
• tuumiskella

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Swedish tum.

Noun

tuuma

1. inch
2. (historical) an obsolete Finnish unit of measurement for length corresponding to an inch, equal to 1/24 of a kyynärä or around 24.742 millimeters

Declension

Inflection of tuuma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		tuuma	tuumat
genitive		tuuman	tuumien
partitive		tuumaa	tuumia
illative		tuumaan	tuumiin
		singular	plural
nominative		tuuma	tuumat
accusative	nom.	tuuma	tuumat
	gen.	tuuman
genitive		tuuman	tuumien tuumainrare
partitive		tuumaa	tuumia
inessive		tuumassa	tuumissa
elative		tuumasta	tuumista
illative		tuumaan	tuumiin
adessive		tuumalla	tuumilla
ablative		tuumalta	tuumilta
allative		tuumalle	tuumille
essive		tuumana	tuumina
translative		tuumaksi	tuumiksi
instructive		—	tuumin
abessive		tuumatta	tuumitta
comitative		—	tuumineen

Possessive forms of tuuma (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	tuumani	tuumamme
2nd person	tuumasi	tuumanne
3rd person	tuumansa

Anagrams

• mutua, muuta, uumat

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Võro

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *toodak.

Verb

tuuma (da-infinitive tuvvaq, first-person singular present tuu)

1. to get, to retrieve, to fetch
2. to bring

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.