uoma
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
vuo + -ma; vuo used to be uo without an initial v-.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
uoma
- riverbed, channel, streambed
- (figuratively) normal state of affairs, used primarily in the expression asettua uomiinsa (“to settle down into normal state”)
- "Kun pääsee alun ohitse, kaikki tasaantuu, asettuu uomiinsa."
- When one gets past the initial phase, everything will smoothen, settle down.
- "Kun pääsee alun ohitse, kaikki tasaantuu, asettuu uomiinsa."
Declension[edit]
Inflection of uoma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | uoma | uomat | ||
genitive | uoman | uomien | ||
partitive | uomaa | uomia | ||
illative | uomaan | uomiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | uoma | uomat | ||
accusative | nom. | uoma | uomat | |
gen. | uoman | |||
genitive | uoman | uomien uomain rare | ||
partitive | uomaa | uomia | ||
inessive | uomassa | uomissa | ||
elative | uomasta | uomista | ||
illative | uomaan | uomiin | ||
adessive | uomalla | uomilla | ||
ablative | uomalta | uomilta | ||
allative | uomalle | uomille | ||
essive | uomana | uomina | ||
translative | uomaksi | uomiksi | ||
abessive | uomatta | uomitta | ||
instructive | — | uomin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
compounds
Further reading[edit]
- “uoma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04