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heimo.

tribe

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhei̯mo/[ˈhe̞i̯mo̞]
  1. tribe

  2. a traditional historical and cultural subgroup of Finnic peoples (often within what is now considered the Finnish people); best translated as nation

  3. family

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *haimo (compare Estonian hõim), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *šáimas (compare Latvian saime), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos, *tḱóymos.

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