salmi

From French salmis, from Italian salame, from sale (“salt”).

salmi (countable and uncountable, plural salmis)

1. (rare) A rich stew or ragout, especially of game.
   • 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:

     She went downstairs to the kitchen and actually cooked little dishes for him. "Isn't it a good salmi?" she said; "I made it for you. I can make you better dishes than that, and will when you come to see me."

• salmagundi

• mails, Smail, Slami, alims, Salim, Malis, Simla, Milas, Islām, simal, Islam, Smila, limas, smail, misal, malis, amils

From Proto-Finnic *salmi, from Proto-Finno-Permic *śolma. Cognates include Northern Sami čoalbmi (“narrow in lake”),^[1] Skolt Sami čuäʹlmm (“sound, narrows”)^[2] and possibly Udmurt сюм (śum, “bay, cove”).^[3] Finnish dialectal jolma is a Saami loan.^[4]

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlmi/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lmi]
• Rhymes: -ɑlmi
• Hyphenation^(key): sal‧mi

salmi

1. (geography) strait, sound (narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water)

• kapeikko (“narrows”)

• “salmi”, 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 2023-07-03

• islam, limsa

From Proto-Finnic *salmi. Cognates include Finnish salmi and Estonian salm.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlmi/, [ˈs̠ɑɫmʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlmi/, [ˈʃɑɫmi]
• Rhymes: -ɑlmʲ, -ɑlmi
• Hyphenation: sal‧mi

salmi

1. port, harbour

Declension of salmi (type 5/lehti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	salmi	salmet
genitive	salmen	salmiin, salmiloin
partitive	salmia	salmija, salmiloja
illative	salmee	salmii, salmiloihe
inessive	salmees	salmiis, salmilois
elative	salmest	salmist, salmiloist
allative	salmelle	salmille, salmiloille
adessive	salmeel	salmiil, salmiloil
ablative	salmelt	salmilt, salmiloilt
translative	salmeks	salmiks, salmiloiks
essive	salmenna, salmeen	salminna, salmiloinna, salmiin, salmiloin
exessive1)	salment	salmint, salmiloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• portta

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 502

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.mi/
• Rhymes: -almi
• Hyphenation: sàl‧mi

salmi m

1. plural of salmo

• Lisma, slami

salmi m (1st declension)

1. straw
2. haulm
3. reed

Borrowed from Finnish salmi.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlmi/, [ˈsɑɫmʲi]
• Rhymes: -ɑlmi
• Hyphenation: sal‧mi

salmi

1. bay, inlet

Declension of salmi (type II/võrkko, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	salmi	salmid
genitive	salmi	salmijõ, salmii
partitive	salmia	salmiitõ, salmii
illative	salmisõ, salmi	salmiisõ
inessive	salmiz	salmiiz
elative	salmissõ	salmiissõ
allative	salmilõ	salmiilõ
adessive	salmillõ	salmiillõ
ablative	salmiltõ	salmiiltõ
translative	salmissi	salmiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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