-uma

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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

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.

Declension

Inflection of -uma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative -uma -umat
genitive -uman -umien
partitive -umaa -umia
illative -umaan -umiin
singular plural
nominative -uma -umat
accusative nom. -uma -umat
gen. -uman
genitive -uman -umien
-umain rare
partitive -umaa -umia
inessive -umassa -umissa
elative -umasta -umista
illative -umaan -umiin
adessive -umalla -umilla
ablative -umalta -umilta
allative -umalle -umille
essive -umana -umina
translative -umaksi -umiksi
abessive -umatta -umitta
instructive -umin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of -uma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative -umani -umani
accusative nom. -umani -umani
gen. -umani
genitive -umani -umieni
-umaini rare
partitive -umaani -umiani
inessive -umassani -umissani
elative -umastani -umistani
illative -umaani -umiini
adessive -umallani -umillani
ablative -umaltani -umiltani
allative -umalleni -umilleni
essive -umanani -uminani
translative -umakseni -umikseni
abessive -umattani -umittani
instructive
comitative -umineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative -umasi -umasi
accusative nom. -umasi -umasi
gen. -umasi
genitive -umasi -umiesi
-umaisi rare
partitive -umaasi -umiasi
inessive -umassasi -umissasi
elative -umastasi -umistasi
illative -umaasi -umiisi
adessive -umallasi -umillasi
ablative -umaltasi -umiltasi
allative -umallesi -umillesi
essive -umanasi -uminasi
translative -umaksesi -umiksesi
abessive -umattasi -umittasi
instructive
comitative -uminesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative -umamme -umamme
accusative nom. -umamme -umamme
gen. -umamme
genitive -umamme -umiemme
-umaimme rare
partitive -umaamme -umiamme
inessive -umassamme -umissamme
elative -umastamme -umistamme
illative -umaamme -umiimme
adessive -umallamme -umillamme
ablative -umaltamme -umiltamme
allative -umallemme -umillemme
essive -umanamme -uminamme
translative -umaksemme -umiksemme
abessive -umattamme -umittamme
instructive
comitative -uminemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative -umanne -umanne
accusative nom. -umanne -umanne
gen. -umanne
genitive -umanne -umienne
-umainne rare
partitive -umaanne -umianne
inessive -umassanne -umissanne
elative -umastanne -umistanne
illative -umaanne -umiinne
adessive -umallanne -umillanne
ablative -umaltanne -umiltanne
allative -umallenne -umillenne
essive -umananne -uminanne
translative -umaksenne -umiksenne
abessive -umattanne -umittanne
instructive
comitative -uminenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative -umansa -umansa
accusative nom. -umansa -umansa
gen. -umansa
genitive -umansa -umiensa
-umainsa rare
partitive -umaansa -umiaan
-umiansa
inessive -umassaan
-umassansa
-umissaan
-umissansa
elative -umastaan
-umastansa
-umistaan
-umistansa
illative -umaansa -umiinsa
adessive -umallaan
-umallansa
-umillaan
-umillansa
ablative -umaltaan
-umaltansa
-umiltaan
-umiltansa
allative -umalleen
-umallensa
-umilleen
-umillensa
essive -umanaan
-umanansa
-uminaan
-uminansa
translative -umakseen
-umaksensa
-umikseen
-umiksensa
abessive -umattaan
-umattansa
-umittaan
-umittansa
instructive
comitative -umineen
-uminensa

Derived terms

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

-uma

  1. Romanization of -𐌿𐌼𐌰

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-umô.

Pronunciation

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

Descendants

  • English: -most (from -emest(a))