едома

Russian

Etymology

Derived from Finnic, perhaps with an original meaning of “distant or high land”; compare to Karelian edäh (far away) + Karelian mua (land).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjedəmə]

Noun

е́дома • (jédomaf inan (genitive е́домы, nominative plural е́домы, genitive plural е́дом)

  1. (Northern Russia) hillock, hummock, ridge, high riverbank
  2. (Northern Russia, collective) forest wilderness
  3. (Siberia, collective) yedoma (a type of permafrost in the Pleistocene-age with an ice content of 50–90% by volume)
  4. (Siberia) a yedoma terrace or hillock
    • 2013, Е. А. Власенко, Загадки и тайны морей и океанов:
      Е́домы представля́ют собо́й небо́льшие возвы́шенности с мелкобугри́стой пове́рхностью.
      Jédomy predstavljájut sobój nebólʹšije vozvýšennosti s melkobugrístoj povérxnostʹju.
      Yedoma terraces are low hills whose surface is covered with small bumps.

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