Suomi
See also: suomi, šuomi, and Šuomi
English
Etymology
From Finnish Suomi.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsuːɔmɪ/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈswɔmi/
Proper noun
Suomi
- Finland.
- Finnish (language).
- 1888, Canon Isaac Taylor, "The Origin and Primitive Seat of the Aryans", The journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 17, page 266
- The Finnic languages show that the primitive people were clad only in the skins of animals since the skin or hide of an animal is kut in Wotiak, ked in Mordwin and kete in Suomi.
- 2011, John O'Neill and Steve Johansson, "Ladies and the Vamps", Knights of the Dinner Table: The Java Joint, →ISBN, page 32:
- "I THOUGHT HIS SITE WAS ENTIRELY IN SUOMI." "IF THAT MEANS IT'S GOT MORE DOTS OVER THE VOWELS THAN AN EIGHTIES HEAVY METAL ALBUM, I'LL TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT."
- 1888, Canon Isaac Taylor, "The Origin and Primitive Seat of the Aryans", The journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 17, page 266
Noun
Suomi (uncountable)
- (music) A freeform variation of psytrance music said to originate in Finland, where it is called suomisaundi.
References
“Suomi”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary“Suomi”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Finnish
Suomi
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *soomi, probably from earlier *sämä and related to Proto-Samic *sāmē (see the Proto-Finnic entry for more details). The word originally referred only to the area now known as Southwest Finland (Varsinais-Suomi (literally “Finland Proper”)). Cognates include Estonian Soome, Ingrian Soomi, Livonian sūom, Votic soomi and (borrowed) Northern Sami Suopma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯mi/, [ˈs̠uo̞̯mi]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uomi
- Syllabification(key): Suo‧mi
Proper noun
Suomi
- (uncountable) Finland (country)
- Synonyms: Suomenmaa, Suomen tasavalta
- a surname
Declension
| Inflection of Suomi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Suomi | Suomet | |
| genitive | Suomen | Suomien | |
| partitive | Suomea | Suomia | |
| illative | Suomeen | Suomiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Suomi | Suomet | |
| accusative | nom. | Suomi | Suomet |
| gen. | Suomen | ||
| genitive | Suomen | Suomien | |
| partitive | Suomea | Suomia | |
| inessive | Suomessa | Suomissa | |
| elative | Suomesta | Suomista | |
| illative | Suomeen | Suomiin | |
| adessive | Suomella | Suomilla | |
| ablative | Suomelta | Suomilta | |
| allative | Suomelle | Suomille | |
| essive | Suomena | Suomina | |
| translative | Suomeksi | Suomiksi | |
| instructive | — | Suomin | |
| abessive | Suometta | Suomitta | |
| comitative | — | Suomineen | |
| Possessive forms of Suomi (type ovi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Suomeni | Suomemme |
| 2nd person | Suomesi | Suomenne |
| 3rd person | Suomensa | |
Derived terms
- adjectives: suomalainen, suomensukuinen
- nouns: Suomi-neito, Suomi-poika
- proper nouns: Suomenlahti, Suomenniemi, Suur-Suomi
- verbs: suomalaistaa, suomalaistua, suomentaa, suomettua
Compounds
- suomenajokoira
- suomenhevonen
- suomenkarja
- suomenlaiva
- suomenmestari
- suomenpystykorva
- suomenruotsi
- suomimakkara
- suomipoika
Related terms
- suomi (language)
Descendants
- Kven: Suomi
- Meänkieli: Suomi
- → Abkhaz: Суоми (Swomi)
- → English: Suomi (rare)
- → Erzya: Суоми (Suomi)
- → Esperanto: Suomio
- → Ingrian: Suomi
- → Latvian: Somija
- → Lithuanian: Suomija
- → Eastern Mari: Суоми (Suomi)
- → Moksha: Суоми (Suomi)
- → Old Church Slavonic: Соумь (Sumĭ)
- → Old East Slavic: Сумь (Sumĭ)
- → Russian: Суо́ми (Suómi) (rare)
- Sami:
- → Inari Sami: Suomâ
- → Lule Sami: Suobma
- → Northern Sami: Suopma
- → Pite Sami: Suobma
- → Southern Sami: Såevmie
- → Scottish Gaelic: Suòmaidh
- → Volapük: Suomiyän
Ingrian
Suomen kartta.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Suomi. The native equivalent still exists as Soomi.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsuomi/, [ˈs̠uo̞m]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsuomi/, [ˈʃuo̞mi]
- Rhymes: -uomi
- Hyphenation: Su‧o‧mi
Proper noun
Suomi
- Finland (a country in Europe)
Declension
| Declension of Suomi (type 5/lehti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Suomi | — |
| genitive | Suomen | — |
| partitive | Suomia | — |
| illative | Suomee | — |
| inessive | Suomees | — |
| elative | Suomest | — |
| allative | Suomelle | — |
| adessive | Suomeel | — |
| ablative | Suomelt | — |
| translative | Suomeks | — |
| essive | Suomenna, Suomeen | — |
| exessive1) | Suoment | — |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Synonyms
- Soomi
References
- L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli (1936), P. I. Maksimov and N. A. Iljin, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun neljättä klaassaa vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46
Karelian
Proper noun
Suomi (genitive Suomen, partitive Suomie)
- Superseded spelling of Šuomi.
References
- P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “Suomi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
Livvi
Suomen kartu.
Etymology
Probably either borrowed from or cognate with Finnish Suomi. ultimately from Proto-Finnic *soomi. Cognates include Estonian Soome and Karelian Suomi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsuo̯mi/
- Hyphenation: Suo‧mi
Proper noun
Suomi
- Finland (a country in Europe)
Derived terms
- suomelaine
References
- Tatjana Boiko (2019) Suuri Karjal-Venʹalaine Sanakniigu (livvin murreh) [The Big Karelian-Russian dictionary (Livvi dialect)], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 266
Meänkieli
Etymology
See Finnish Suomi.
Proper noun
Suomi
- Finland