emämaa

== Finnish == === Etymology === emä +‎ maa === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈemæˌmɑː/, [ˈe̞mæˌmɑ̝ː] Rhymes: -ɑː Syllabification(key): e‧mä‧maa Hyphenation(key): emä‧maa === Noun === emämaa motherland (mother country in contrast to its colonies) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “emämaa”, 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 emä (“mother”) +‎ maa (“soil”), calque of Russian материнская порода (materinskaja poroda). === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈemæˌmɑː/, [ˈe̞mæˑˌmɑː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈemæˌmɑː/, [ˈe̞mæˑˌmɑː] Rhymes: -ɑː Hyphenation: e‧mä‧maa === Noun === emämaa (geology) bedrock ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== emämaanporoda ==== Derived terms ====