lauma

See also: Lauma

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: lau‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ɑumɑ
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑu̯mɑ/, [ˈlɑu̯mɑ]

Noun

lauma

  1. herd (large group of land animals)
    1. band (group of coyotes, etc.)
    2. colony (group of ants)
    3. flock (group sheep, etc.)
    4. mob (group of kangaroos)
    5. pack (group of dogs, etc.)
    6. pride (group of lions)
    7. bed (group of snakes)
  2. crowd, mob, flock (large uncontrolled group of people)
  3. pod (group of seals or hippopotami)

Declension
Inflection of lauma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative lauma laumat
genitive lauman laumojen
partitive laumaa laumoja
illative laumaan laumoihin
singular plural
nominative lauma laumat
accusative nom. lauma laumat
gen. lauman
genitive lauman laumojen
laumainrare
partitive laumaa laumoja
inessive laumassa laumoissa
elative laumasta laumoista
illative laumaan laumoihin
adessive laumalla laumoilla
ablative laumalta laumoilta
allative laumalle laumoille
essive laumana laumoina
translative laumaksi laumoiksi
instructive — laumoin
abessive laumatta laumoitta
comitative — laumoineen

Usage notes

This word is used of groups of most land animals. Exceptions include herded reindeer (tokka), domesticated lamb and goat (katras). Group of flying or water animals is usually called parvi (3D-form). Seals are a bordercase. Usually a group of seals is lauma (2D-form) but when in water, especially a small group of seals may be called parvi.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • laumoittain
Compounds
  • laumahenki
  • laumaihminen
  • laumasielu
  • laumavaisto
  • porolauma
  • puhvelilauma
  • sikalauma
  • sikolauma
  • sopulilauma
  • susilauma
  • turistilauma
  • vuohilauma

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈløyːma/
    Rhymes: -øyːma

Verb

lauma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative laumaði, supine laumað)

  1. (transitive) to sneak, slip

Conjugation
lauma — active voice (germynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að lauma
supine
(sagnbót)		 laumað
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 laumandi
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég lauma við laumum present
(nútíð)		 ég laumi við laumum
þú laumar þið laumið þú laumir þið laumið
hann, hún, það laumar þeir, þær, þau lauma hann, hún, það laumi þeir, þær, þau laumi
past
(þátíð)		 ég laumaði við laumuðum past
(þátíð)		 ég laumaði við laumuðum
þú laumaðir þið laumuðuð þú laumaðir þið laumuðuð
hann, hún, það laumaði þeir, þær, þau laumuðu hann, hún, það laumaði þeir, þær, þau laumuðu
imperative
(boðháttur)		 lauma (þú) laumið (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
laumaðu laumiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
laumast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að laumast
supine
(sagnbót)		 laumast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 laumandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég laumast við laumumst present
(nútíð)		 ég laumist við laumumst
þú laumast þið laumist þú laumist þið laumist
hann, hún, það laumast þeir, þær, þau laumast hann, hún, það laumist þeir, þær, þau laumist
past
(þátíð)		 ég laumaðist við laumuðumst past
(þátíð)		 ég laumaðist við laumuðumst
þú laumaðist þið laumuðust þú laumaðist þið laumuðust
hann, hún, það laumaðist þeir, þær, þau laumuðust hann, hún, það laumaðist þeir, þær, þau laumuðust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 laumast (þú) laumist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
laumastu laumisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Noun

lauma f (genitive singular laumu, no plural)

  1. a card game in which players simultaneously pass a card to the next person, trying to collect a matching set
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