asumus

From asua (“to live, habit”) +‎ -mus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑsumus/,
• Rhymes: -ɑsumus
• Hyphenation^(key): asu‧mus

asumus

1. dwelling, habitation (house or place in which a person lives)

   Synonym: asunto

2. (biblical) tabernacle (in 1933 translation of the Bible, the portable tent used by the Jewish before the construction of the temple of Jeusalem)

   Synonyms: tabernaakkeli, (1992 translation) telttamaja

asumus to refer to a place to live often carries the nuance that the place is primitive or temporary.

• “asumus”, 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 2023-07-02

• muussa, samuus

asumus m

1. accusative plural of asums