jumi
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *juma-, possibly from Proto-Finno-Permic *juma- (“stuck”). "wood borer", "woodworm" is possibly from how the animal appears to be stuck. Possibly related to Erzya ёмамс (jomams, “disappear”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjumi/, [ˈjumi]
- Rhymes: -umi
- Syllabification(key): ju‧mi
Noun
jumi
- wood borer, woodworm (any of several insects and their larvae in the family Anobiidae)
- The state of being stuck.
- Kun sähköt katkesivat, olin kolme tuntia hississä jumissa.
- When the electricity went out, I was stuck in the elevator for three hours.
- Kun sähköt katkesivat, olin kolme tuntia hississä jumissa.
Usage notes
In the sense "state of being stuck" used normally only in inessive, elative and illative singular: olla jumissa, päästä jumista, joutua, jäädä jumiin.
Declension
| Inflection of jumi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jumi | jumit | |
| genitive | jumin | jumien | |
| partitive | jumia | jumeja | |
| illative | jumiin | jumeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jumi | jumit | |
| accusative | nom. | jumi | jumit |
| gen. | jumin | ||
| genitive | jumin | jumien | |
| partitive | jumia | jumeja | |
| inessive | jumissa | jumeissa | |
| elative | jumista | jumeista | |
| illative | jumiin | jumeihin | |
| adessive | jumilla | jumeilla | |
| ablative | jumilta | jumeilta | |
| allative | jumille | jumeille | |
| essive | jumina | jumeina | |
| translative | jumiksi | jumeiksi | |
| instructive | — | jumein | |
| abessive | jumitta | jumeitta | |
| comitative | — | jumeineen | |
| Possessive forms of jumi (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | jumini | jumimme |
| 2nd person | jumisi | juminne |
| 3rd person | juminsa | |
Derived terms
- jumittaa
- jumittua
- jumiuttaa
Compounds
- haapajumi (Ptilinus fuscus)
- haavansahajumi (Xyletinus tremulicola)
- hirsijumi (Hadrobregmus confusus)
- kaarnajumi (Microbregma emarginata)
- laikkujumi (Hedobia imperialis)
- liekojumi (Stagetus borealis)
- lounaanjumi (Anobium fulvicorne)
- nyhäjumi (Anobium nitidum)
- pallojumi (Caenocara bovistae)
- pikkujumi (Dryophilus pusillus)
- ruskojumi (Anobium rufipes)
- saunajumi (Priobium carpini)
- tuomaanjumi (Anobium thomsoni)
- tupajumi (Anobium punctatum)
- vesasahajumi (Xyletinus fibyensis)