tuomi

 

From Proto-Finnic *toomi, from Proto-Uralic *ďëme. Cognates include Estonian toom, toomingas, Northern Sami duobma, Erzya лём (ľom), Komi-Zyrian льӧм (ľöm) and Northern Mansi ля̄м (lâ̄m).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuo̯mi/, [ˈt̪uo̞̯mi]
• Rhymes: -uomi
• Hyphenation^(key): tuo‧mi

tuomi

1. bird cherry, hackberry, hagberry Prunus padus (tree)
2. bird cherry (tree of the subgenus Prunus subg. padus)
3. (botany) stone fruit (plant of the genus Prunus)

Forms with tuom- are more common than those with tuont-, when both are allowed. For example, tuomea is more common than tuonta as the partitive singular.

• (Prunus padus): metsätuomi

(stone fruit):

• aprikoosi (“apricot, Prunus armeniaca”)
• kirsikka (subgenus Cerasus)
• kääpiökirsikka (subgenus Lithocerasus)
• laakerikirsikka (subgenus Laurocerasus)
• luumu (subgenus Prunus)
• manteli (subgenus Amygdalus)

• “tuomi”, 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 2023-07-01

• moiut, muoti