ämmä

== Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæmːæ/, [ˈæmːæ] Rhymes: -æmːæ Syllabification(key): äm‧mä Hyphenation(key): äm‧mä === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Finnic *ämmä (compare Estonian ämm, Livonian ǟma). ==== Noun ==== ämmä (archaic) wife, woman (derogatory) hag (old woman) Synonym: akka (derogatory) bitch (contemptible woman) Synonym: akka (derogatory, colloquial) wife Synonym: (possibly derogatory) muija (rustic) mother-of-all (part on a spinning wheel that holds the flyer) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “ämmä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (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 === Variant of äm. ==== Noun ==== ämmä The name of the Latin script letter M/m. (colloquial) magna cum laude approbatur ===== Usage notes ===== In sequences of letters (such as initialisms), the shorter form äm is considerably more common (except perhaps for the final letter). ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== äm (letter) == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *ämmä. Cognates with Finnish ämmä (“old woman”) and Estonian ämm (“mother-in-law”). === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈæmːæ/, [ˈæmː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈæmːæ/, [ˈæmːæ] Rhymes: -æmː, -æmːæ Hyphenation: äm‧mä === Noun === ämmä grandmother old woman midwife mother-in-law ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (grandmother): ämmö (midwife): babka (old woman): ämmö, akka, staruhha (mother-in-law): ämmö ==== Coordinate terms ==== (grandmother): äijä (“grandfather”) (old woman): ukko, äijä, starikka (“old father”) (mother-in-law): äijä (“father-in-law”) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Fedor Tumansky (1790), “эмме”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 699 Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 697 == Karelian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *ämmä. Cognates include Finnish ämmä and Estonian ämm. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæmːæ/ Hyphenation: äm‧mä === Noun === ämmä (genitive ämmän, partitive ämmyä or ämmiä) (dialectal) synonym of ämmö (“grandmother”) (dialectal, derogatory) synonym of akka (“hag”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “ämmä”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN