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Definition 2025
humma
humma
Finnish
Noun
humma
- (children) horse
- (tech slang, colloquial) horsepower
Declension
| Inflection of humma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | humma | hummat | |
| genitive | humman | hummien | |
| partitive | hummaa | hummia | |
| illative | hummaan | hummiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | humma | hummat | |
| accusative | nom. | humma | hummat |
| gen. | humman | ||
| genitive | humman | hummien hummainrare |
|
| partitive | hummaa | hummia | |
| inessive | hummassa | hummissa | |
| elative | hummasta | hummista | |
| illative | hummaan | hummiin | |
| adessive | hummalla | hummilla | |
| ablative | hummalta | hummilta | |
| allative | hummalle | hummille | |
| essive | hummana | hummina | |
| translative | hummaksi | hummiksi | |
| instructive | — | hummin | |
| abessive | hummatta | hummitta | |
| comitative | — | hummineen | |
Synonyms
- (horse): heppa, hevonen
- (horsepower): hevosvoima
Icelandic
Verb
humma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative hummaði, supine hummað)
- to hem, to make the sound expressed by the word hem; to hesitate in speaking.
Derived terms
- humma fram af sér (to prevaricate, to avoid making a decision)