-uma

See also: uma, UMA, UMa, and Uma

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-udak, from Proto-Uralic *-w-. Cognate with Finnish -ua.

Verb

-uma (da-infinitive -uda)

  1. Derives various verbs.

Inflection

Derived terms

Estonian terms suffixed with -uma

Finnish

Etymology

Either from -ua + -ma or extracted from such instances. Could also be a contraction of -utuma, from -utua + -ma.

Suffix

-uma (front vowel harmony variant -ymä, linguistic notation -UmA)

  1. Variant of -ma; forms passive action/result nouns from verbs and sometimes nouns.

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -uma

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

-uma

  1. Romanization of -𐌿𐌼𐌰

Old English

Alternative forms

  • -ema, -ma
  • -emest, -emesta (when combined with additional superlative endings)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-umô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.mɑ/

Suffix

-uma

  1. used to form the superlative of Old English adjectives
    medema, medumamidway in size, midmost
    hindemahindmost, last
    formafirst, earliest
  2. used in combination with other superlative endings
    furmestaforemost
    æftemestaftermost
    ēastemesteasternmost

Derived terms

Old English terms suffixed with -uma

Descendants

  • English: -most (from -emest(a))
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