-uma

See also: uma, UMA, UMa, and Uma

Estonian

Etymology

Cognate with Finnish -ua.

Verb

-uma (da-infinitive -uda)

  1. Derives various verbs

Inflection

Derived terms

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Finnish

Etymology

Either from -ua + -ma or extracted from such instances. Could also be a contraction of -utuma, from -utua + -ma.

Suffix

-uma (front vowel harmony variant -ymä)

  1. Variant of -ma; forms passive action/result nouns from verbs and sometimes nouns.

Derived terms

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Old English

Alternative forms

  • -ema, -ma
  • -emest, -emesta (when combined with additional superlative endings)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-umô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /umɑ/

Suffix

-uma

  1. used to form the superlative of Old English adjectives
    medema, meduma (midway in size, midmost)
    hindema (hindmost, last)
    forma (first, earliest)
  2. used in combination with other superlative endings
    furmesta (foremost)
    æftemest (aftermost)
    ēastemest (easternmost)

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • English: -most (from -emest(a))
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