puuma
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Estonian
Pronunciation
Noun
puuma (genitive puuma, partitive puumat)
Declension
| Declension of puuma (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | puuma | puumad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | puuma | ||
| genitive | puumade | ||
| partitive | puumat | puumasid | |
| illative | puumasse | puumadesse | |
| inessive | puumas | puumades | |
| elative | puumast | puumadest | |
| allative | puumale | puumadele | |
| adessive | puumal | puumadel | |
| ablative | puumalt | puumadelt | |
| translative | puumaks | puumadeks | |
| terminative | puumani | puumadeni | |
| essive | puumana | puumadena | |
| abessive | puumata | puumadeta | |
| comitative | puumaga | puumadega | |
Further reading
- “puuma”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “puuma”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- puuma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Finnish
Etymology
From German Puma, from Spanish puma.
Pronunciation
Noun
puuma
- mountain lion, puma, cougar, Puma concolor (large cat)
- (colloquial) cougar (older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men)
Declension
| Inflection of puuma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | puuma | puumat | |
| genitive | puuman | puumien | |
| partitive | puumaa | puumia | |
| illative | puumaan | puumiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | puuma | puumat | |
| accusative | nom. | puuma | puumat |
| gen. | puuman | ||
| genitive | puuman | puumien puumain rare | |
| partitive | puumaa | puumia | |
| inessive | puumassa | puumissa | |
| elative | puumasta | puumista | |
| illative | puumaan | puumiin | |
| adessive | puumalla | puumilla | |
| ablative | puumalta | puumilta | |
| allative | puumalle | puumille | |
| essive | puumana | puumina | |
| translative | puumaksi | puumiksi | |
| abessive | puumatta | puumitta | |
| instructive | — | puumin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- kuguaari (archaic)
Further reading
- “puuma”, 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 2023-07-03