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tomu
tomu
See also: tǫ̂m’ȕ
Finnish
Noun
tomu
- dust (very fine particles of a solid substance)
- ashes or remains (the remains of a person)
- (religion) In Biblical speech, earth or soil.
Declension
| Inflection of tomu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | tomu | tomut | |
| genitive | tomun | tomujen | |
| partitive | tomua | tomuja | |
| illative | tomuun | tomuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tomu | tomut | |
| accusative | nom. | tomu | tomut |
| gen. | tomun | ||
| genitive | tomun | tomujen | |
| partitive | tomua | tomuja | |
| inessive | tomussa | tomuissa | |
| elative | tomusta | tomuista | |
| illative | tomuun | tomuihin | |
| adessive | tomulla | tomuilla | |
| ablative | tomulta | tomuilta | |
| allative | tomulle | tomuille | |
| essive | tomuna | tomuina | |
| translative | tomuksi | tomuiksi | |
| instructive | — | tomuin | |
| abessive | tomutta | tomuitta | |
| comitative | — | tomuineen | |
Derived terms
Compounds
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Related terms
- (fine particles): tomusokeri, tomuttaa
- (remains): tomumaja
See also
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɔmu]
Determiner
tomu
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnish tomu.
Noun
tomu
Inflection
| Inflection of tomu | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | tomu | ||
| genitive sing. | tomun | ||
| partitive sing. | tomud | ||
| partitive plur. | tomuid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tomu | tomud | |
| accusative | tomun | tomud | |
| genitive | tomun | tomuiden | |
| partitive | tomud | tomuid | |
| essive-instructive | tomun | tomuin | |
| translative | tomuks | tomuikš | |
| inessive | tomus | tomuiš | |
| elative | tomuspäi | tomuišpäi | |
| illative | ? | tomuihe | |
| adessive | tomul | tomuil | |
| ablative | tomulpäi | tomuilpäi | |
| allative | tomule | tomuile | |
| abessive | tomuta | tomuita | |
| comitative | tomunke | tomuidenke | |
| prolative | tomudme | tomuidme | |
| approximative I | tomunno | tomuidenno | |
| approximative II | tomunnoks | tomuidennoks | |
| egressive | tomunnopäi | tomuidennopäi | |
| terminative I | ? | tomuihesai | |
| terminative II | tomulesai | tomuilesai | |
| terminative III | tomussai | — | |
| additive I | ? | tomuihepäi | |
| additive II | tomulepäi | tomuilepäi | |
Synonyms
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “пыль”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika