ummessa
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈumːesːɑ/, [ˈumːe̞s̠ːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -umːesːɑ
- Syllabification(key): um‧mes‧sa
- Hyphenation(key): um‧mes‧sa
Noun
ummessa
Adverb
ummessa
- closed, clogged, blocked, constipated (not open or free)
- silmät ummessa
- with eyes closed
- Viemäri on ummessa.
- The drain is clogged.
- Heidän pakoreittinsä oli nyt ummessa.
- Their escape route was now blocked.
- silmät ummessa
- (of a cow) dry, not yielding milk
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “ummessa”, 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 4 July 2023