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jama.

seam, joint (point where two things meet)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈjɑmɑ/[ˈjɑ̝mɑ̝]
  1. seam, joint (point where two things meet)

    dated
  2. seam in a seine

  3. A situation or state, especially an unfavourable one; normally used only in inessive, elative and illative singular to express being in, getting out of, or getting into a (bad) situation.

    colloquial
    Yritys A on todella pahassa jamassa.
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *jama, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas.

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