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siima

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *siima, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *sīmô. Cognate with dialectal Estonian sihm, Ingrian siima, Karelian siima, Livvi siimu, Ludian šiim, Veps siim, sim and Votic siimõ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiːmɑ/, [ˈs̠iːmɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iːmɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sii‧ma
  • Hyphenation(key): sii‧ma

Noun

siima

  1. fishing line, fishline
  2. (botany, zoology) flagellum

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *siima. Cognates include Finnish siima and dialectal Estonian sihm.

Pronunciation

Noun

siima

  1. fishline
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 73:
      Noistii siimaa käärimää, toisee paikkaa mänemää.
      They started to wind the fishline, to go to another place.
  2. lash (of a whip)

Declension

More information Declension of (type 3/kana, no gradation), singular ...

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 531
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