-uma

See also: uma, UMA, UMa, and Uma

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-udak, from Proto-Uralic *-w-. Cognate with Finnish -ua.

Verb

-uma (da-infinitive -uda)

  1. Derives various verbs.

Inflection

Derived terms

Estonian terms suffixed with -uma

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, linguistic notation -UmA)

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

Derived terms

Finnish terms suffixed with -uma

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

-uma

  1. Romanization of -𐌿𐌼𐌰

Old English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-umô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.mɑ/

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

Old English terms suffixed with -uma

Descendants

  • English: -most (from -emest(a))
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