Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *koorma. Cognate with Finnish kuorma and Votic koorma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːrem/, [ˈkoːrem]
  • Rhymes: -oːrem
  • Hyphenation: koo‧rem

Noun

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koorem (genitive koorma, partitive koormat)

  1. load, burden

Declension

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Declension of koorem (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative koorem koormad
accusative nom.
gen. koorma
genitive koormate
partitive koormat koormaid
illative koormasse koormatesse
koormaisse
inessive koormas koormates
koormais
elative koormast koormatest
koormaist
allative koormale koormatele
koormaile
adessive koormal koormatel
koormail
ablative koormalt koormatelt
koormailt
translative koormaks koormateks
koormaiks
terminative koormani koormateni
essive koormana koormatena
abessive koormata koormateta
comitative koormaga koormatega

References

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