halma

See also: Halma

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma, “leap”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhalmə/

Noun

halma

1. (board games, uncountable) A board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.
   • 1904, ‘Saki’, "Reginald's Christmas Revel", Reginald:

     As a crowning dissipation, they all sat down to play progressive halma, with milk chocolate for prizes.

2. (countable, historical) In the Greek pentathlon, the long jump with weights in the hands.

Translations

board game

• Indonesian: halma (id)
• Swedish: halma

Anagrams

• Hamal, Mahal, almah, amlah, hamal, mahal

Finnish

Etymology

From English halma, from Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlmɑ/, [ˈhɑlmɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): hal‧ma

Noun

halma

1. (board games) halma

Declension

Inflection of halma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		halma	halmat
genitive		halman	halmojen
partitive		halmaa	halmoja
illative		halmaan	halmoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		halma	halmat
accusative	nom.	halma	halmat
	gen.	halman
genitive		halman	halmojen halmainrare
partitive		halmaa	halmoja
inessive		halmassa	halmoissa
elative		halmasta	halmoista
illative		halmaan	halmoihin
adessive		halmalla	halmoilla
ablative		halmalta	halmoilta
allative		halmalle	halmoille
essive		halmana	halmoina
translative		halmaksi	halmoiksi
instructive		—	halmoin
abessive		halmatta	halmoitta
comitative		—	halmoineen

Possessive forms of halma (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	halmani	halmamme
2nd person	halmasi	halmanne
3rd person	halmansa

Anagrams

• mahla

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒlmɒ]
• Hyphenation: hal‧ma
• Rhymes: -mɒ

Etymology 1

Noun

halma (usually uncountable, plural halmák)

1. (board games) halma

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	halma	halmák
accusative	halmát	halmákat
dative	halmának	halmáknak
instrumental	halmával	halmákkal
causal-final	halmáért	halmákért
translative	halmává	halmákká
terminative	halmáig	halmákig
essive-formal	halmaként	halmákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	halmában	halmákban
superessive	halmán	halmákon
adessive	halmánál	halmáknál
illative	halmába	halmákba
sublative	halmára	halmákra
allative	halmához	halmákhoz
elative	halmából	halmákból
delative	halmáról	halmákról
ablative	halmától	halmáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	halmáé	halmáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	halmáéi	halmákéi

Possessive forms of halma
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	halmám	halmáim
2nd person sing.	halmád	halmáid
3rd person sing.	halmája	halmái
1st person plural	halmánk	halmáink
2nd person plural	halmátok	halmáitok
3rd person plural	halmájuk	halmáik

Etymology 2

halom (“pile, heap”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix)

Noun

halma

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of halom

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	halma	—
accusative	halmát	—
dative	halmának	—
instrumental	halmával	—
causal-final	halmáért	—
translative	halmává	—
terminative	halmáig	—
essive-formal	halmaként	—
essive-modal	halmául	—
inessive	halmában	—
superessive	halmán	—
adessive	halmánál	—
illative	halmába	—
sublative	halmára	—
allative	halmához	—
elative	halmából	—
delative	halmáról	—
ablative	halmától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	halmáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	halmáéi	—

Further reading

• halma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From English halma, from Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma, “leap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhalma]
• Hyphenation: hal‧ma

Noun

halma (plural halma-halma, first-person possessive halmaku, second-person possessive halmamu, third-person possessive halmanya)

1. (board games) halma: a board game invented by George Howard Monks in which the players' men jump over those in adjacent squares.

Further reading

• “halma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.