erämaa
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Finnish
Etymology
From erä (“hunting, game; wilderness”) + maa (“land”).
Pronunciation
Noun
erämaa
- wasteland, wilderness
- Synonym: autiomaa
- (historical) wilderness away from home, used for hunting, fishing and foraging
- Seutu oli savolaisten erämaata
- The region was hunting grounds of the Savonians.
Declension
| Inflection of erämaa (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | erämaa | erämaat | |
| genitive | erämaan | erämaiden erämaitten | |
| partitive | erämaata | erämaita | |
| illative | erämaahan | erämaihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | erämaa | erämaat | |
| accusative | nom. | erämaa | erämaat |
| gen. | erämaan | ||
| genitive | erämaan | erämaiden erämaitten | |
| partitive | erämaata | erämaita | |
| inessive | erämaassa | erämaissa | |
| elative | erämaasta | erämaista | |
| illative | erämaahan | erämaihin | |
| adessive | erämaalla | erämailla | |
| ablative | erämaalta | erämailta | |
| allative | erämaalle | erämaille | |
| essive | erämaana | erämaina | |
| translative | erämaaksi | erämaiksi | |
| abessive | erämaatta | erämaitta | |
| instructive | — | erämain | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “erämaa”, 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