tammikuu

== Finnish == === Alternative forms === tammi, tammik. (abbreviation) === Etymology === tammi (“heart, core, axis”) (archaic) +‎ kuu (“month”); January marks the center of the winter. Folk etymology often incorrectly assumes that the initial part is tammi, the word for "oak". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑmːiˌkuː/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝mːiˌkuː] Rhymes: -uː Syllabification(key): tam‧mi‧kuu Hyphenation(key): tammi‧kuu === Noun === tammikuu January (month) ==== Usage notes ==== “in January” is expressed with the inessive case (tammikuussa). When the day is specified, the partitive case is used (e.g. 1. tammikuuta), but the genitive is also possible in a structure like tammikuun 1. päivä. ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tammikuinen ==== Descendants ==== → Karelian: (calque) North Karelian: (dialectal) tammikuu South Karelian: (dialectal) tammikuu === Further reading === “tammikuu”, 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 3 July 2023 == Karelian == === Etymology === From tammi (“oak”) +‎ kuu (“month”), calque of Finnish tammikuu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtamːiˌkuː/ Hyphenation: tam‧mi‧kuu === Noun === tammikuu (genitive tammikuun, partitive tammikuuta / tammikuuda) (dialectal) synonym of pakkaiskuu / pakkaškuu ==== Declension ==== === References === P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “tammikuu”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 181 Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “tammikuu”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎[2], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN