vaimo

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vaimo (“spirit, soul”) (compare Estonian vaim (“spirit”)), possibly derived from Proto-Uralic *wajŋe (“(living) spirit”) (compare Northern Sami vuoigŋa (“breath, spirit”), Moksha вайме (vajme), Erzya ойме (ojme, “spirit, soul”), Nganasan бачуˮ (bačuʔ, “soul”)). The original sense of this word in Finnic and Uralic was “spirit (the living soul of a person, which leaves a person when they die)”, but this sense is not found at all in Finnish. The semantic development to “wife” is also shared by Karelian vaimo (although this may be Finnish influence). vaimo was the most common word for the sense “(adult) woman” in Old Literary Finnish, but was later replaced by nainen in this sense. The semantic shift has not been conclusively explained, although a somewhat similar shift was observable in Estonian, where vaim was used historically to refer to a peasant woman who worked as a day laborer (corvee) at a manor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɑi̯mo/, [ˈʋɑ̝i̯mo̞] Rhymes: -ɑimo Syllabification(key): vai‧mo Hyphenation(key): vai‧mo === Noun === vaimo wife Synonym: aviovaimo (archaic) (adult) woman (archaic) elderly woman ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “vaimo”, 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 4 July 2023 === Anagrams === voima == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vaimo (“spirit”). Cognates include Finnish vaimo and Estonian vaim. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑi̯mo/, [ˈʋɑi̯mŏ̞̥] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋɑi̯mo/, [ˈʋɑi̯mo̞] Rhymes: -ɑi̯mo Hyphenation: vai‧mo === Noun === vaimo (folk poetic) wife (folk poetic) mother (of a household) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (wife): nain, naisikko === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 632