See also: tasma, taśma, tasmā, and तसमा

Finnish

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Russian тесьма́ (tesʹmá, band, lace), with the figurative meaning developing through täsmälleen (exactly, precisely), originally in the sense "to weave a band based on an existing band" → "to weave a band exactly like some other band".[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtæsmæ-/, [ˈt̪æs̠mæ-]

Prefix

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täsmä-

  1. precision, surgical (characterized by high precision)
    täsmävaakaprecision balance
    täsmäpommismart bomb

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

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