äimä

== Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæi̯mæ/, [ˈæi̯mæ] Rhymes: -æimæ Syllabification(key): äi‧mä Hyphenation(key): äi‧mä === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Finnic *äimä, from Proto-Uralic *äjmä (compare Northern Sami áibmi, Eastern Mari име (ime), Komi-Zyrian ем (jem), Tundra Nenets нибя (nyibya)). ==== Noun ==== äimä A large (and usually blunt-tipped) needle shaped for working with tough materials, such as a leather needle or sailmaker's needle. Synonym: äimäneula (dialectal) needle (in general) Synonym: neula ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== References ==== ==== Further reading ==== “1. äimä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === Probably borrowed from Sami, from Proto-Samic *eajmē. ==== Adjective ==== äimä astonished (used chiefly idiomatically in the expression olla äimänä (“to be astonished”), and as root of derived terms) ===== Synonyms ===== hölmistynyt ihmeissään kummissaan ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “2. äimä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Anagrams === määi