huhmar

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Finnish

huhmar ja petkel

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *humar, from Proto-Finno-Permic *šumare. Cognates include Erzya човар (čovar) and Eastern Mari шуар (šuar). The medial -h- is irregular and might have developed through an itself irregular lengthening of the -u- vowel.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

huhmar

  1. mortar (vessel used to grind ingredients)
    Synonym: mortteli
    Coordinate terms: petkel, survin
  2. mortar and pestle (device)

Declension

Possessive forms of huhmar (Kotus type 49/askel, no gradation)

Derived terms

compounds

See also

References

  1. ^ Itkonen, Terho. Erään vokaalivyyhden selvittelyä: Pitkän vokaalin lyhenemistä vai lyhyen pitenemistä h-loppuisessa ensi tavussa? (1987). Virittäjä 73, pp. 118-155.

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