# tesma
## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish desman.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtesmɑ/, [ˈt̪e̞s̠mɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -esmɑ
* Hyphenation: tes‧ma

### Noun

tesma
* (botany) American milletgrass (Milium effusum)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tesma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tesmani
tesmani
accusative
nom.
tesmani
tesmani
gen.
tesmani
genitive
tesmani
tesmojeni tesmaini $^{rare}$
partitive
tesmaani
tesmojani
inessive
tesmassani
tesmoissani
elative
tesmastani
tesmoistani
illative
tesmaani
tesmoihini
adessive
tesmallani
tesmoillani
ablative
tesmaltani
tesmoiltani
allative
tesmalleni
tesmoilleni
essive
tesmanani
tesmoinani
translative
tesmakseni
tesmoikseni
abessive
tesmattani
tesmoittani
instructive
comitative
—tesmoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tesmasi
tesmasi
accusative
nom.
tesmasi
tesmasi
gen.
tesmasi
genitive
tesmasi
tesmojesi tesmaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
tesmaasi
tesmojasi
inessive
tesmassasi
tesmoissasi
elative
tesmastasi
tesmoistasi
illative
tesmaasi
tesmoihisi
adessive
tesmallasi
tesmoillasi
ablative
tesmaltasi
tesmoiltasi
allative
tesmallesi
tesmoillesi
essive
tesmanasi
tesmoinasi
translative
tesmaksesi
tesmoiksesi
abessive
tesmattasi
tesmoittasi
instructive
comitative
—tesmoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tesmamme
tesmamme
accusative
nom.
tesmamme
tesmamme
gen.
tesmamme
genitive
tesmamme
tesmojemme tesmaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
tesmaamme
tesmojamme
inessive
tesmassamme
tesmoissamme
elative
tesmastamme
tesmoistamme
illative
tesmaamme
tesmoihimme
adessive
tesmallamme
tesmoillamme
ablative
tesmaltamme
tesmoiltamme
allative
tesmallemme
tesmoillemme
essive
tesmanamme
tesmoinamme
translative
tesmaksemme
tesmoiksemme
abessive
tesmattamme
tesmoittamme
instructive
comitative
—tesmoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tesmanne
tesmanne
accusative
nom.
tesmanne
tesmanne
gen.
tesmanne
genitive
tesmanne
tesmojenne tesmainne $^{rare}$
partitive
tesmaanne
tesmojanne
inessive
tesmassanne
tesmoissanne
elative
tesmastanne
tesmoistanne
illative
tesmaanne
tesmoihinne
adessive
tesmallanne
tesmoillanne
ablative
tesmaltanne
tesmoiltanne
allative
tesmallenne
tesmoillenne
essive
tesmananne
tesmoinanne
translative
tesmaksenne
tesmoiksenne
abessive
tesmattanne
tesmoittanne
instructive
comitative
—tesmoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tesmansa
tesmansa
accusative
nom.
tesmansa
tesmansa
gen.
tesmansa
genitive
tesmansa
tesmojensa tesmainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
tesmaansa
tesmojaan tesmojansa
inessive
tesmassaan tesmassansa
tesmoissaan tesmoissansa
elative
tesmastaan tesmastansa
tesmoistaan tesmoistansa
illative
tesmaansa
tesmoihinsa
adessive
tesmallaan tesmallansa
tesmoillaan tesmoillansa
ablative
tesmaltaan tesmaltansa
tesmoiltaan tesmoiltansa
allative
tesmalleen tesmallensa
tesmoilleen tesmoillensa
essive
tesmanaan tesmanansa
tesmoinaan tesmoinansa
translative
tesmakseen tesmaksensa
tesmoikseen tesmoiksensa
abessive
tesmattaan tesmattansa
tesmoittaan tesmoittansa
instructive
comitative
—tesmoineen tesmoinensa :

#### Derived terms

* tesmayrtti

### Further reading

* “tesma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* mesta