aamu

Unknown. The word is known to be recent, as the original word for morning in Finnish is huomen. It is likely that once huomen began to be used in words meaning "tomorrow", such as huominen and huomenna, it was eventually replaced by aamu in the sense "morning".

One theory is that aamu is a shortening of the archaic word *huomenhaamu (“morning twilight, morning mist”), which is a compound of huomen (“morning”) + haamu (“twilight, mist, ghost”), but no such compound is attested in older texts, which leaves this theory uncertain.^[1] Another theory is that the word is borrowed from the genitive form of Old Swedish *āma (“mist, smoke”) (whence dialectal Swedish åmme),^[2] which would have developed the sense "daybreak". While this could be compared to the possible development of aurinko (“sun”) < auer (“haze”), it is likewise uncertain.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːmu/, [ˈɑ̝ːmu]
• Rhymes: -ɑːmu
• Syllabification^(key): aa‧mu
• Hyphenation^(key): aa‧mu

aamu

1. morning

   Synonym: (poetic) huomen

As with all words for times of day (except päivä) in Finnish, the adessive case (aamulla) is normally used when talking about events that will take place or took place in the morning. The essive case (aamuna) is used instead, however, if there is a determiner like tämä (“this”), viime (“last”) or ensi (“next”); if the day is specified otherwise, either the adessive or essive case can be used. As usual, other uses, e.g. when postponing events (allative) or with asti (“until”) (illative), may use other locative cases.

• “aamu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

• auma

Related to Finnish aamu.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːmu/, [ˈɑːmŭ̥]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːmu/, [ˈɑːmu]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːmu/, [ˈɑːmu]
• Rhymes: -ɑːmu
• Hyphenation: aa‧mu

aamu

1. (dialectal) synonym of hoomus (“morning”)
   • 1916, Volmari Porkka, “1635. Soikkola, Väärnoja. 50, (13)”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot‎^[3], volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 33-34:

     Tänä aamuna varraana, // Ku varraa kukko lauloi,

     This early morning, // When the rooster sung early,

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 25
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 15

From Contraction of àmímú.

• IPA^(key): /àá.mṹ/

àámú

1. worry, anxiety

   Synonym: àníyàn

   ààmú ń dà á ― Worry is bothering him

• dààmú (“to worry someone, to become worried”)
• dà láàmú