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uoma.

riverbed, channel, streambed

4 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈuo̯mɑ/[ˈuo̞̯mɑ̝]
  1. riverbed, channel, streambed

  2. normal state of affairs (used primarily in the expression asettua uomiinsa (“to settle down into normal state”))

    figuratively
    Kun pääsee alun ohitse, kaikki tasaantuu, asettuu uomiinsa.
Where this word comes from

vuo + -ma; the loss of v- may represent an archaism, or it may, as Kallio (2007) suggests, instead be a sign that the word was borrowed from Sami (such as Early Proto-Samic *ōm̀ã, later *vuomē, compare Northern Sami vuopmi).

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