halma
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma, “leap”).
Pronunciation
Noun
halma
- (board games, uncountable) A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.
- 1904, ‘Saki’, “Reginald's Christmas Revel”, in Reginald:
- As a crowning dissipation, they all sat down to play progressive halma, with milk chocolate for prizes.
- (countable, historical) In the Greek pentathlon, the long jump with weights in the hands.
Translations
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
From English halma, from Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma).
Pronunciation
Noun
halma
Declension
| Inflection of halma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | halma | halmat | |
| genitive | halman | halmojen | |
| partitive | halmaa | halmoja | |
| illative | halmaan | halmoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | halma | halmat | |
| accusative | nom. | halma | halmat |
| gen. | halman | ||
| genitive | halman | halmojen halmain rare | |
| partitive | halmaa | halmoja | |
| inessive | halmassa | halmoissa | |
| elative | halmasta | halmoista | |
| illative | halmaan | halmoihin | |
| adessive | halmalla | halmoilla | |
| ablative | halmalta | halmoilta | |
| allative | halmalle | halmoille | |
| essive | halmana | halmoina | |
| translative | halmaksi | halmoiksi | |
| abessive | halmatta | halmoitta | |
| instructive | — | halmoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “halma”, 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
Anagrams
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
halma (usually uncountable, plural halmák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | halma | halmák |
| accusative | halmát | halmákat |
| dative | halmának | halmáknak |
| instrumental | halmával | halmákkal |
| causal-final | halmáért | halmákért |
| translative | halmává | halmákká |
| terminative | halmáig | halmákig |
| essive-formal | halmaként | halmákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | halmában | halmákban |
| superessive | halmán | halmákon |
| adessive | halmánál | halmáknál |
| illative | halmába | halmákba |
| sublative | halmára | halmákra |
| allative | halmához | halmákhoz |
| elative | halmából | halmákból |
| delative | halmáról | halmákról |
| ablative | halmától | halmáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
halmáé | halmáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
halmáéi | halmákéi |
| Possessive forms of halma | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | halmám | halmáim |
| 2nd person sing. | halmád | halmáid |
| 3rd person sing. | halmája | halmái |
| 1st person plural | halmánk | halmáink |
| 2nd person plural | halmátok | halmáitok |
| 3rd person plural | halmájuk | halmáik |
Etymology 2
halom (“pile, heap”) + -a (possessive suffix)
Noun
halma
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | halma | — |
| accusative | halmát | — |
| dative | halmának | — |
| instrumental | halmával | — |
| causal-final | halmáért | — |
| translative | halmává | — |
| terminative | halmáig | — |
| essive-formal | halmaként | — |
| essive-modal | halmául | — |
| inessive | halmában | — |
| superessive | halmán | — |
| adessive | halmánál | — |
| illative | halmába | — |
| sublative | halmára | — |
| allative | halmához | — |
| elative | halmából | — |
| delative | halmáról | — |
| ablative | halmától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
halmáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
halmáéi | — |
Further reading
- halma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Indonesian
Etymology
From English halma, from Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma, “leap”).
Pronunciation
Noun
halma (plural halma-halma, first-person possessive halmaku, second-person possessive halmamu, third-person possessive halmanya)
- (board games) halma: a board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.
Further reading
- “halma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.