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pulma

pulma

Estonian

Noun

pulma

  1. Genitive singular form of pulm.
  2. Partitive singular form of pulm.

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown origin, with no known cognates. Obscured derivational relationship to pula (shortage, crisis) may be possible.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pul‧ma
  • IPA(key): /ˈpulmɑ/

Noun

pulma

  1. trouble, problem
  2. dilemma, conundrum (difficult choice or decision that must be made)
  3. puzzle, riddle, brain-teaser, conundrum (difficult question or riddle)

Declension

Inflection of pulma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative pulma pulmat
genitive pulman pulmien
partitive pulmaa pulmia
illative pulmaan pulmiin
singular plural
nominative pulma pulmat
accusative nom. pulma pulmat
gen. pulman
genitive pulman pulmien
pulmainrare
partitive pulmaa pulmia
inessive pulmassa pulmissa
elative pulmasta pulmista
illative pulmaan pulmiin
adessive pulmalla pulmilla
ablative pulmalta pulmilta
allative pulmalle pulmille
essive pulmana pulmina
translative pulmaksi pulmiksi
instructive pulmin
abessive pulmatta pulmitta
comitative pulmineen

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