jamssi
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English yams (plural), ultimately from a West African language (probably Wolof ñàmbi).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jamssi
Declension edit
Inflection of jamssi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | jamssi | jamssit | ||
genitive | jamssin | jamssien | ||
partitive | jamssia | jamsseja | ||
illative | jamssiin | jamsseihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | jamssi | jamssit | ||
accusative | nom. | jamssi | jamssit | |
gen. | jamssin | |||
genitive | jamssin | jamssien | ||
partitive | jamssia | jamsseja | ||
inessive | jamssissa | jamsseissa | ||
elative | jamssista | jamsseista | ||
illative | jamssiin | jamsseihin | ||
adessive | jamssilla | jamsseilla | ||
ablative | jamssilta | jamsseilta | ||
allative | jamssille | jamsseille | ||
essive | jamssina | jamsseina | ||
translative | jamssiksi | jamsseiksi | ||
abessive | jamssitta | jamsseitta | ||
instructive | — | jamssein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “jamssi”, 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 2023-07-02