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ahma.

wolverine, glutton (Gulo gulo)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑhmɑ/[ˈɑ̝xmɑ̝]

  1. wolverine, glutton (Gulo gulo)

  2. synonym of ahmatti (“glutton”)

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *ahma (“glutton”) (compare dialectal Estonian ahm (“glutton”), Ingrian ahmo (“greedy”), Karelian ahmo (“wolverine, glutton”), Ludian ahmo (“wolverine”)), probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćman- (compare Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, “eater”)). Related also to Proto-Samic *vuosvēs (compare Northern Sami vuosmmis). The meaning “wolverine” is possibly a calque from other European languages such as German Vielfraß and Latin gulo. Alternatively, according to SSA, the shift “glutton” → “wolverine” may have first occurred in Finnish and been calqued into Low German and thence into other languages.

adj/ˈɑhmɑ/[ˈɑ̝xmɑ̝]

  1. gluttonous, greedy

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *ahma (“glutton”) (compare dialectal Estonian ahm (“glutton”), Ingrian ahmo (“greedy”), Karelian ahmo (“wolverine, glutton”), Ludian ahmo (“wolverine”)), probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Haćman- (compare Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman, “eater”)). Related also to Proto-Samic *vuosvēs (compare Northern Sami vuosmmis). The meaning “wolverine” is possibly a calque from other European languages such as German Vielfraß and Latin gulo. Alternatively, according to SSA, the shift “glutton” → “wolverine” may have first occurred in Finnish and been calqued into Low German and thence into other languages.

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