uoma
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]vuo + -ma; vuo used to be uo without an initial v-.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]uoma
- riverbed, channel, streambed
- (figuratively) normal state of affairs, used primarily in the expression asettua uomiinsa (“to settle down into normal state”)
- "Kun pääsee alun ohitse, kaikki tasaantuu, asettuu uomiinsa."
- When one gets past the initial phase, everything will smoothen, settle down.
- "Kun pääsee alun ohitse, kaikki tasaantuu, asettuu uomiinsa."
Declension
[edit]Inflection of uoma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | uoma | uomat | |
genitive | uoman | uomien | |
partitive | uomaa | uomia | |
illative | uomaan | uomiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | uoma | uomat | |
accusative | nom. | uoma | uomat |
gen. | uoman | ||
genitive | uoman | uomien uomain rare | |
partitive | uomaa | uomia | |
inessive | uomassa | uomissa | |
elative | uomasta | uomista | |
illative | uomaan | uomiin | |
adessive | uomalla | uomilla | |
ablative | uomalta | uomilta | |
allative | uomalle | uomille | |
essive | uomana | uomina | |
translative | uomaksi | uomiksi | |
abessive | uomatta | uomitta | |
instructive | — | uomin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “uoma”, 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 2023-07-04