salmi

See also: Salmi and salmì

English

Etymology

French salmis, from Italian salame, from sale (“salt”).

Noun

salmi (countable and uncountable, plural salmis)

1. (rare) A rich stew or ragout, especially of game.
   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, OCLC 3174108:

     She went downstairs to the kitchen and actually cooked little dishes for him. "Isn't it a good salmi?" she said; "I made it for you. I can make you better dishes than that, and will when you come to see me."

Related terms

• salmagundi

Translations

stew

• Bulgarian: рагу от дивеч n (ragu ot diveč)
• French: salmis (fr) m
• Italian: salmì m

Anagrams

• Islam, Milas, Salim, Simla, Smail, alims, limas, mails, malis, misal, simal, smail

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *salmi, from Proto-Finno-Permic *śolma. Cognates include Northern Sami čoalbmi (“narrow in lake”), Skolt Sami čuäˊlmm (“sound, narrows”) and possibly Udmurt сюм (śum, “bay, cove”). Finnish dialectal jolma is a Saami loan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlmi/, [ˈs̠ɑlmi]
• Rhymes: -ɑlmi
• Syllabification^(key): sal‧mi

Noun

salmi

1. (geography) strait, sound (narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water)

Declension

Inflection of salmi (Kotus type 7/ovi, no gradation)
nominative		salmi	salmet
genitive		salmen	salmien
partitive		salmea	salmia
illative		salmeen	salmiin
		singular	plural
nominative		salmi	salmet
accusative	nom.	salmi	salmet
	gen.	salmen
genitive		salmen	salmien
partitive		salmea	salmia
inessive		salmessa	salmissa
elative		salmesta	salmista
illative		salmeen	salmiin
adessive		salmella	salmilla
ablative		salmelta	salmilta
allative		salmelle	salmille
essive		salmena	salmina
translative		salmeksi	salmiksi
instructive		—	salmin
abessive		salmetta	salmitta
comitative		—	salmineen

Possessive forms of salmi (type ovi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	salmeni	salmemme
2nd person	salmesi	salmenne
3rd person	salmensa

See also

• kapeikko (“narrows”)

Anagrams

• islam, limsa

Ingrian

Noun

salmi

1. port

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.mi/
• Rhymes: -almi
• Syllabification: sàl‧mi

Noun

salmi m

1. plural of salmo

Anagrams

• Lisma, slami

Latvian

Noun

salmi m (1st declension)

1. straw
2. haulm
3. reed

Declension

Declension of salmi (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	—	salmi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	—	salmus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	—	salmu
dative (datīvs)	—	salmiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	—	salmiem
locative (lokatīvs)	—	salmos
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	salmi

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish salmi.

Pronunciation

• (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlmi/, [ˈsɑɫmi]
• Rhymes: -ɑlmi
• Hyphenation: sal‧mi

Noun

salmi

1. bay, inlet

Inflection

Declension of salmi (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	salmi	salmid
genitive	salmi	salmije, salmijõ, salmi
partitive	salmia	salmitõ, salmi
illative	salmi, salmisõ	salmije, salmijõ, salmisõ
inessive	salmiz	salmiz
elative	salmissõ	salmissõ
allative	salmilõ	salmilõ
adessive	salmillõ	salmillõ
ablative	salmiltõ	salmiltõ
translative	salmissi	salmissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[1], 2 edition, Tallinn