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turma.

accident, especially one with casualties (dead or injured)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈturmɑ/[ˈt̪urmɑ̝]
  1. accident, especially one with casualties (dead or injured)

  2. ruin, destruction

    poetic
Where this word comes from

Possibly borrowed from Proto-Norse [Term?] (compare Icelandic tyrma (“to overwhelm”)), although disputed by LÄGLOS on the grounds that the Germanic word only has a narrow distribution and thus may not be that old. Related to Livvi turmu.

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