elämä
التعريفات والمعاني
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *elämä, equivalent to elää (“to live”) + -mä.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈelæmæ/, [ˈe̞læmæ]
Rhymes: -elæmæ
Syllabification(key): e‧lä‧mä
Hyphenation(key): elä‧mä
=== Noun ===
elämä
life (state of being alive and living; period during which one is or was alive; essence of the manifestation; world in general, existence; worthwhile existence; (games) one of the player's chances to play)
Synonym: elo
pitkä ja hyvä elämä ― a long and good life
elämän alkuperä ― the origin of life
elämä ja teot ― life and deeds
elämälle tarpeellinen ― biogenic (literally, “essential for life”)
elämän monet kasvot ― the many faces of life
henkinen elämä ― spiritual life
poliittinen elämä ― political life
==== Usage notes ====
henki is generally used instead when talking about life as in the state of being alive, as opposed to being dead. Thus, e.g. menettää hengensä is “to lose one's life”, as in “to die”, while menettää elämänsä is rare (unless elämänsä is interpreted as a genitive form, e.g. menettää elämänsä rakkaus (“to lose the love of one's life, to lose one's true love”)) and would be interpreted more as losing one's way of living. Note however e.g. elämä ja kuolema (“life and death”) (as opposed to ×henki ja kuolema).
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
eläin (“animal”)
=== Participle ===
elämä
agent participle of elää
elämäni elämä ― the life I (have) lived / the life lived by me
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“elämä”, 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 2 July 2023
== Ingrian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *elämä, equivalent to ellää (“to live”) + -mä. Cognates include Finnish elämä and Votic eläme.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈelæmæ/, [ˈe̞lʲæˑm]
(Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈelæmæ/, [ˈe̞læˑmæ]
(Hevaha) IPA(key): /ˈelæːmæ/, [ˈe̞lːæːmæ]
Rhymes: -elæm, -elæmæ
Hyphenation: e‧lä‧mä
=== Noun ===
elämä
synonym of elo (“life”)
==== Declension ====
=== References ===
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 31
Arvo Laanest (1997), Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 24
== Võro ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Finnic *elädäk.
=== Verb ===
elämä (da-infinitive elläq, first-person singular present elä)
to live
==== Inflection ====
This verb needs an inflection-table template.