tammi

tammi

1. genitive singular of tamm
2. partitive singular of tamm
3. illative singular of tamm

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmːi/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝mːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːi
• Syllabification^(key): tam‧mi
• Hyphenation^(key): tam‧mi

From Proto-Finnic *tammi, from Proto-Finno-Permic *tamme. Cognate with Estonian tamm, Karelian tammi, Livonian täm, Erzya тумо (tumo).

tammi

1. oak (any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus)
2. pedunculate oak, Quercus robur

• (Quercus robur): metsätammi

• “1. tammi”, 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 1 July 2023

< Swedish damspel, dam (“checkers”) < French dame (“king: doubled piece in checkers”)

tammi

1. checkers, draughts (boardgame)
2. king (doubled piece in checkers)

Rare:

• “3. tammi”, 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

Borrowed from Swedish stam (“trunk of a tree, archaically also axis”)

tammi (dialectal, obsolete)

1. heart, core, axis

tammi

1. abbreviation of tammikuu (“January”)

< Swedish damm (“dam”)

tammi (dialectal)

1. synonym of pato (“dam”)

• “2. tammi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (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

From Proto-Finnic *tammi. Cognates include Finnish tammi and Estonian tamm.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmːi/, [ˈtɑmʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmːi/, [ˈtɑmːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑmʲː, -ɑmːi
• Hyphenation: tam‧mi

tammi

1. oak

• duuba

• Fedor Tumansky (1790), “тамми”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 683
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 571

tammi

1. sweet potato

• tammi karu (“cassava”)

From Proto-Finnic *tammi. Cognates include Finnish tammi and Estonian tamm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmːi/
• Hyphenation: tam‧mi

tammi (genitive tammen, partitive tammie, diminutive tammut)

1. oak

• A. V. Punzhina (1994), “tammi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “tammi”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN, page 181
• Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “tammi”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎^[4], Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN

tammi (plural támmim)

1. tooth

• Collard, Howard; Collard, Elisabeth Scott (1984), Castellano-mayo, mayo-castellano (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 6)‎^[5] (in Spanish), third edition, México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, pages 36, 185

From Proto-Finnic *tammi.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmːi/, [ˈtɑmʲːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːi
• Hyphenation: tam‧mi

tammi

1. oak

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “tammi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn