pulma

pulma (accusative singular pulman, plural pulmaj, accusative plural pulmajn)

1. pulmonic, pulmonary (pertaining or relative to the lungs)

• pulmo

pulma

1. genitive singular of pulm
2. partitive singular of pulm
3. illative singular of pulm

Unknown origin. Probably cognate with Ingrian pulmalliin (“difficult”). The nature of a relationship with Estonian pulm (plural pulmad), Ingrian pulmat and Votic pulmõd (all "wedding") is unclear, but a semantic development from an original meaning "noise, racket, ruckus" may be possible.[1] Alternatively, an obscured derivational relationship to pula (“shortage, crisis”) may be possible.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpulmɑ/, [ˈpulmɑ]
• Rhymes: -ulmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pul‧ma

pulma

1. trouble, problem
2. dilemma, conundrum (difficult choice or decision that must be made)
3. puzzle, riddle, brain-teaser, conundrum (difficult question or riddle)

• pulmallinen

• palmu