tüma

See also: tuma, Tüma, Tuma, and Tûma

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tümä (“glue”), from Proto-Uralic *ďümä (“glue”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtymɑ/
  • Rhymes: -ymɑ
  • Hyphenation: tü‧ma

Adjective

tüma (genitive tüma, partitive tüma, comparative tümam, superlative kõige tümam)

  1. (of soil) soft, marshy
    Mõnes kohas on maa nii tüma, et autoga ligi ei pääse.
    In some places, the land is so marshy that it is not accessible by car.
    Synonym: soine
    1. (baking, of food) crumbly; soft, tender
      Keeda liha tümaks.
      Boil the meat until tender.
      Synonym: pehme
  2. (of a person) physically or mentally tired; exhausted; powerless
    Suitsusaun teeb keha nii tümaks, et ei viitsigi tiiki hüpata.
    The smoke sauna makes the body so tired that you don't even bother to jump into the pond.
    Synonym: väsinud

Noun

tüma (genitive tüma, partitive tüma)

  1. (geography) a marsh (an area of low, wet land, often with tall grass)
    Synonym: mäda
    Loom jäi tümasse kinni.
    The animal got stuck in the marsh.

Declension
Declension of tüma (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tüma tümad
accusative nom.
gen. tüma
genitive tümade
partitive tüma tümasid
illative tümma
tümasse		 tümadesse
inessive tümas tümades
elative tümast tümadest
allative tümale tümadele
adessive tümal tümadel
ablative tümalt tümadelt
translative tümaks tümadeks
terminative tümani tümadeni
essive tümana tümadena
abessive tümata tümadeta
comitative tümaga tümadega

References
  • tüma in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “tüma”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Anagrams
  • müta
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