ahma
Estonian
Alternative forms
- ahmasse (illative singular)
Finnish
Etymology
Originally meaning "glutton (one who eats a lot)", from Proto-Finnic *ahma. Related to dialectal Estonian ahm, Ingrian ahmo, Karelian ahmo, ahmoi, Ludian ahmo, Votic ahmia (~ ahmia) and more distantly to Northern Sami vuosmmis (from Proto-Samic *vuosvēs). Probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, “eater”)).
The meaning "wolverine" is possibly a calque from other European languages such as German Vielfraß and Latin gulo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑhmɑ/, [ˈɑxmɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑhmɑ
- Syllabification(key): ah‧ma
Declension
| Inflection of ahma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ahma | ahmat | |
| genitive | ahman | ahmojen | |
| partitive | ahmaa | ahmoja | |
| illative | ahmaan | ahmoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ahma | ahmat | |
| accusative | nom. | ahma | ahmat |
| gen. | ahman | ||
| genitive | ahman | ahmojen ahmainrare | |
| partitive | ahmaa | ahmoja | |
| inessive | ahmassa | ahmoissa | |
| elative | ahmasta | ahmoista | |
| illative | ahmaan | ahmoihin | |
| adessive | ahmalla | ahmoilla | |
| ablative | ahmalta | ahmoilta | |
| allative | ahmalle | ahmoille | |
| essive | ahmana | ahmoina | |
| translative | ahmaksi | ahmoiksi | |
| instructive | — | ahmoin | |
| abessive | ahmatta | ahmoitta | |
| comitative | — | ahmoineen | |
| Possessive forms of ahma (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | ahmani | ahmamme |
| 2nd person | ahmasi | ahmanne |
| 3rd person | ahmansa | |
Gothic
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