hammas

From Proto-Finnic *hambas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas. Doublet of kamm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑmˑɑs/, [ˈ(h)ɑmˑɑs]
• Rhymes: -ɑmˑɑs
• Hyphenation: ham‧mas

hammas (genitive hamba, partitive hammast)

1. tooth (bone formation in the mouth of a person or animal for grabbing and grinding food)
2. tooth (a protruding sharp point or tab on a tool, machine part, etc.)

• hambaarst
• hambahari

From Proto-Finnic *hambas, borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas (replacing native Uralic pii < *piŋe),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, Lithuanian žam̃bas, Latvian zobs. Doublet of kampa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑmːɑs/, [ˈhɑ̝mːɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːɑs
• Syllabification^(key): ham‧mas

hammas

1. tooth (hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals)

   hampaisiin saakka aseistettu ― armed to the teeth

   kiristellä hampaitaan ― to grit one's teeth

   hampaiden oikominen ― orthodontics

2. tooth, cog (projection on the edge of a gear)

   hammasratas ― cogwheel

3. sprocket (tooth of a sprocket wheel)
4. tooth, sawtooth

   Synonym: sahanhammas

5. tine, prong, tooth (spike or point on an implement or tool)

   Synonyms: oka, ota, pii, piikki

6. (botany) tooth, serration (pointed projection from the margin of a leaf)
7. (as modifier in compound terms) toothed (having teeth)

   hammasvalas ― toothed whale

8. (as modifier in compound terms) toothly, dental (of or pertaining to teeth)

   hammasklinikka ― dental clinic

• “hammas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From Proto-Finnic *hambas. Cognates include Finnish hammas and Estonian hammas.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑmːɑs/, [ˈhɑmːəz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑmːɑs/, [ˈhɑmːɑʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːɑs
• Hyphenation: ham‧mas

hammas

1. tooth
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 138:

     Oi-oi, kuin ono hammas kippiä.

     Oh no, how the tooth is aching.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 43

From Proto-Finnic *hambas. Cognates include Finnish hammas and Estonian hammas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑmːɑs/

hammas (genitive hampahan, partitive hammasta)

1. tooth

• P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, pages 48-49

From Proto-Finnic *hambas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas.

hammas (genitive hamba, partitive hammast)

1. tooth