mämmi
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Finnish mämmi, from Proto-Finnic *mämmi.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmämmi (uncountable)
- A traditional Finnish Easter dessert made from rye flour, malted rye, molasses and Seville orange zest.
Translations
editFinnish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *mämmi. Related to Estonian mämm (“mämmi; badly cooked bread”), Ingrian mämmi (“oven-heated rye and malt gruel”), Karelian mämmi (“a type of sweetened food made of rye flour and malt”), Votic mämmi (“oven-heated rye malt gruel; berry porridge”) and more distantly to Northern Sami meađmma (“raw (of bread)”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmämmi
Declension
editInflection of mämmi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mämmi | mämmit | |
genitive | mämmin | mämmien | |
partitive | mämmiä | mämmejä | |
illative | mämmiin | mämmeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mämmi | mämmit | |
accusative | nom. | mämmi | mämmit |
gen. | mämmin | ||
genitive | mämmin | mämmien | |
partitive | mämmiä | mämmejä | |
inessive | mämmissä | mämmeissä | |
elative | mämmistä | mämmeistä | |
illative | mämmiin | mämmeihin | |
adessive | mämmillä | mämmeillä | |
ablative | mämmiltä | mämmeiltä | |
allative | mämmille | mämmeille | |
essive | mämminä | mämmeinä | |
translative | mämmiksi | mämmeiksi | |
abessive | mämmittä | mämmeittä | |
instructive | — | mämmein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Swedish: memma
Further reading
edit- “mämmi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
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