Suomi

See also: suomi, šuomi, and Šuomi

English

Etymology

From Finnish Suomi.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Suomi

  1. Finland.
  2. 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, 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."

Noun

Suomi (uncountable)

  1. (music) A freeform variation of psytrance music said to originate in Finland, where it is called suomisaundi.

References

“Suomi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary “Suomi”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Finnish
Suomi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *soomi, probably from earlier *sämä and related to Proto-Samic *sāmē (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more details). The word originally referred only to the area now known as Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi (literally “Finland Proper”)). Cognates include Estonian Soome, Ingrian Soomi, Livonian sūom, Votic soomi and (borrowed) Northern Sami Suopma.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯mi/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯mi]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uomi
  • Syllabification(key): Suo‧mi

Proper noun

Suomi

  1. (uncountable) Finland (country)
    Synonyms: Suomenmaa, Suomen tasavalta
  2. a surname

Declension
Inflection of Suomi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative Suomi Suomet
genitive Suomen Suomien
partitive Suomea Suomia
illative Suomeen Suomiin
singular plural
nominative Suomi Suomet
accusative nom. Suomi Suomet
gen. Suomen
genitive Suomen Suomien
partitive Suomea Suomia
inessive Suomessa Suomissa
elative Suomesta Suomista
illative Suomeen Suomiin
adessive Suomella Suomilla
ablative Suomelta Suomilta
allative Suomelle Suomille
essive Suomena Suomina
translative Suomeksi Suomiksi
instructive — Suomin
abessive Suometta Suomitta
comitative — Suomineen
Possessive forms of Suomi (type ovi)
possessor singular plural
1st person Suomeni Suomemme
2nd person Suomesi Suomenne
3rd person Suomensa

Derived terms

Compounds

Descendants
  • Kven: Suomi
  • Meänkieli: Suomi
  • → Abkhaz: Суоми (Swomi)
  • → English: Suomi (rare)
  • → Erzya: Суоми (Suomi)
  • → Esperanto: Suomio
  • → Ingrian: Suomi
  • → Latvian: Somija
  • → Lithuanian: Suomija
  • → Eastern Mari: Суоми (Suomi)
  • → Moksha: Суоми (Suomi)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: Соумь (Sumĭ)
  • → Old East Slavic: Сумь (Sumĭ)
  • → Russian: Суо́ми (Suómi) (rare)
  • Sami:
    • → Inari Sami: Suomâ
    • → Lule Sami: Suobma
    • → Northern Sami: Suopma
    • → Pite Sami: Suobma
    • → Southern Sami: Såevmie
  • → Scottish Gaelic: Suòmaidh
  • → Volapük: Suomiyän

Ingrian
Suomen kartta.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Suomi. The native equivalent still exists as Soomi.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsuomi/, [ˈs̠uo̞m]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsuomi/, [ˈʃuo̞mi]
  • Rhymes: -uomi
  • Hyphenation: Su‧o‧mi

Proper noun

Suomi

  1. Finland (a country in Europe)

Declension
Declension of Suomi (type 5/lehti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative Suomi —
genitive Suomen —
partitive Suomia —
illative Suomee —
inessive Suomees —
elative Suomest —
allative Suomelle —
adessive Suomeel —
ablative Suomelt —
translative Suomeks —
essive Suomenna, Suomeen —
exessive1) Suoment —
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

References
  • L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli (1936), P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46

Karelian

Proper noun

Suomi (genitive Suomen, partitive Suomie)

  1. Superseded spelling of Šuomi.

References
  • P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “Suomi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Livvi
Suomen kartu.

Etymology

Probably either borrowed from or cognate with Finnish Suomi. ultimately from Proto-Finnic *soomi. Cognates include Estonian Soome and Karelian Suomi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯mi/
  • Hyphenation: Suo‧mi

Proper noun

Suomi

  1. Finland (a country in Europe)

Derived terms

References
  • Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 266

Meänkieli

Etymology

See Finnish Suomi.

Proper noun

Suomi

  1. Finland
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