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Suomi
Suomi
See also: suomi
English
Proper noun
Suomi
- Finland.
- Finnish (language).
- 1888, Canon Isaac Taylor, "The Origin and Primitive Seat of the Aryans", The journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 17, page 266
- The Finnic languages show that the primitive people were clad only in the skins of animals since the skin or hide of an animal is kut in Wotiak, ked in Mordwin and kete in Suomi.
- 2011, John O'Neill and Steve Johansson, "Ladies and the Vamps", Knights of the Dinner Table: The Java Joint, ISBN 1594591253, page 32:
- "I THOUGHT HIS SITE WAS ENTIRELY IN SUOMI." "IF THAT MEANS IT'S GOT MORE DOTS OVER THE VOWELS THAN AN EIGHTIES HEAVY METAL ALBUM, I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT."
- 1888, Canon Isaac Taylor, "The Origin and Primitive Seat of the Aryans", The journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 17, page 266
Finnish
Etymology
Probably from *šāma-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē (“ground”), or alternatively from a word meaning "human". In both cases, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm. Cognates include Estonian Soome, Northern Sami Suopma, as well as Sami, Häme (Tavastia), hämäläinen (Tavastian).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Suo‧mi
- Rhymes: -uomi
- IPA(key): [ˈsuomi]
Proper noun
Suomi
Declension
| Inflection of Suomi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Suomi | — | |
| genitive | Suomen | — | |
| partitive | Suomea | — | |
| illative | Suomeen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Suomi | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Suomi | — |
| gen. | Suomen | ||
| genitive | Suomen | — | |
| partitive | Suomea | — | |
| inessive | Suomessa | — | |
| elative | Suomesta | — | |
| illative | Suomeen | — | |
| adessive | Suomella | — | |
| ablative | Suomelta | — | |
| allative | Suomelle | — | |
| essive | Suomena | — | |
| translative | Suomeksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Suometta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Descendants
- → Old East Slavic: Сумь (Sumĭ)
- → Abkhaz: Суоми (Suomi)
Related terms
- suomi (language)
Derived terms
- nouns: Suomi-neito, Suomi-poika
- adjectives: suomalainen, suomensukuinen
- verbs: suomalaistaa, suomalaistua, suomentaa, suomettua
Karelian
Etymology
Probably from *šāma-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē (“ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Proper noun
Suomi
Meänkieli
Etymology
Probably from *šāma-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē (“ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Proper noun
Suomi
suomi
suomi
See also: Suomi
Finnish
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: suo‧mi
- Rhymes: -uomi
- IPA(key): [ˈsuomi]
Noun
suomi
- The Finnish language.
Declension
| Inflection of suomi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | suomi | — | |
| genitive | suomen | — | |
| partitive | suomea | — | |
| illative | suomeen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | suomi | — | |
| accusative | nom. | suomi | — |
| gen. | suomen | ||
| genitive | suomen | — | |
| partitive | suomea | — | |
| inessive | suomessa | — | |
| elative | suomesta | — | |
| illative | suomeen | — | |
| adessive | suomella | — | |
| ablative | suomelta | — | |
| allative | suomelle | — | |
| essive | suomena | — | |
| translative | suomeksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | suometta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- verbs: suomentaa
Related terms
Etymology 2
Verb
suomi