tamma

• damma (alternative spelling)

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ɑmɐ/

tamma

1. Contraction of tan ma (“do we”).

tamma

1. man.

Borrowed from Late Old Swedish tamm (“tame”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmːɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝mːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): tam‧ma

tamma

1. mare (adult female horse)

• ori
• varsa

• “tamma”, 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 2023-07-03

Ultimately from Swedish tam (“tame”), possibly via Finnish tamma.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmːɑ/, [ˈtɑmː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmːɑ/, [ˈtɑmːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑmː, -ɑmːɑ
• Hyphenation: tam‧ma

tamma

1. mare

Declension of tamma (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	tamma	tammat
genitive	tamman	tammoin
partitive	tammaa	tammoja
illative	tammaa	tammoi
inessive	tammaas	tammois
elative	tammast	tammoist
allative	tammalle	tammoille
adessive	tammaal	tammoil
ablative	tammalt	tammoilt
translative	tammaks	tammoiks
essive	tammanna, tammaan	tammoinna, tammoin
exessive1)	tammant	tammoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• (female horse): ori, jaati, uve (“stallion”)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 571

From Swedish tam. Akin to Finnish tamma

tamma

1. mare (adult female horse)

Root
t-m-’
3 terms

• IPA^(key): /ˈtam.ma/

tamma (imperfect jtamma, past participle mtamma)

1. to raise one's hopes

Conjugation of tamma
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	tammejt	tammejt	tamma		tammejna	tammejtu	tammew
	f			tammiet
imperfect	m	ntammi	ttammi	jtammi		ntammu	ttammu	jtammu
	f			ttammi
imperative			tammi				tammu