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Proto-Finnic
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Proto-Norse (*hruma-) (whence Icelandic hrumur).[1]
Adjective
*ruma
- ugly
- bad, mean
- greedy
- stupid
Inflection
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*ruma
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*rumat
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accusative
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*ruman
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*rumat
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genitive
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*ruman
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*rumadën *rumëidën
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partitive
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*rumada
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*rumëida
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inessive
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*rumassa *rumahna
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*rumëissa *rumëihna
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elative
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*rumasta
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*rumëista
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illative
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*rumahën
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*rumëihën
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adessive
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*rumalla
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*rumëilla
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ablative
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*rumalta
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*rumëilta
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allative
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*rumalën *rumalëk
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*rumëilën *rumëilëk
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essive
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*rumana
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*rumëina
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translative
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*rumaksi
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*rumëiksi
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instructive
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*ruman
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*rumëin
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comitative
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*rumanëk
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*rumëinëk
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abessive
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*rumatta
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*rumëitta
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Descendants
From *ruma:
From *ruma-la:
Further reading
- “rumal”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
References
- ^ Aikio, Ante: Muutamia lisiä suomen germaaniseen lainasanastoon (2019)