viima

See also: viimä

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *veedäk, from Proto-Uralic *wixe-. Cognates include Finnish viedä, Erzya виемс (vijems) and Hungarian visz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vˈiːmɑ/

Verb

viima (da-infinitive viia)

  1. to lead, to bring (guide or conduct)
    läbi viimato carry out, to conduct

Conjugation

Further reading


Finnish

Etymology

vii- + -ma. The root may be *vii- (to cut), the same as in viiltää (to incise, slit),[1] referring to a "sharp" wind (as can also be done in English), or it may be of onomatopoeic origin.[2] Related to Karelian viima.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋiːmɑ/, [ˈʋiːmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iːmɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vii‧ma

Noun

viima

  1. strong, cold wind

Declension

Inflection of viima (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative viima viimat
genitive viiman viimojen
partitive viimaa viimoja
illative viimaan viimoihin
singular plural
nominative viima viimat
accusative nom. viima viimat
gen. viiman
genitive viiman viimojen
viimainrare
partitive viimaa viimoja
inessive viimassa viimoissa
elative viimasta viimoista
illative viimaan viimoihin
adessive viimalla viimoilla
ablative viimalta viimoilta
allative viimalle viimoille
essive viimana viimoina
translative viimaksi viimoiksi
instructive viimoin
abessive viimatta viimoitta
comitative viimoineen
Possessive forms of viima (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person viimani viimamme
2nd person viimasi viimanne
3rd person viimansa

Compounds

References

  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words] (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  2. Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
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