ammoin
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *ammo- (compare Estonian ammu (“once upon a time, long ago”)), probably from Proto-Uralic *amme (“old, previous”) + -oin (temporal singular) (compare Northern Sami oamis (“past, old”), Erzya умок (umok, “a long time ago”), Hungarian ó (“ancient, in previous”)).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɑmːoi̯n/, [ˈɑ̝mːo̞i̯n]
- Rhymes: -ɑmːoin
- Syllabification(key): am‧moin
- Hyphenation(key): am‧moin
Adverb
[edit]ammoin
- Very long ago, in the time immemorial.
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Santeri Junttila, Petri Kallio, Sampsa Holopainen, Juha Kuokkala, Juho Pystynen, editors (2020–), “ammoin”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 1 January 2024
- ^ Álgu etymological database, entry #98925 (language: Finnish, word: ammoin)
Further reading
[edit]- “ammoin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023