kulma

IPA^(key): [ˈkulma]

kulma f

1. curling iron, curling tongs

• “kulma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kulma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From Proto-Finnic *kulma, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kuľma (“corner of the eye”), cognate to Karelian kulma, Estonian kulm and Eastern Khanty кулӛм (kuljəm, “temple (of the skull)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkulmɑ/, [ˈkulmɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ulmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kul‧ma

kulma

1. corner (external point where two converging lines meet)

   kulman takana ― around the corner

2. Synonym of nurkka (“corner”) (internal point where two converging lines meet)
3. angle (corner where two walls intersect)
4. (geometry) angle (geometrical figure; measure)

   Eulerin kulmat ― Euler angles

5. (often in the plural) brow (the ridge above the eye)

   Synonym: silmäkulma

   kurtistaa kulmiaan ― to wrinkle one's brow

   seppele kulmillaan ― with a wreath upon his brow

6. (often in the plural) part of a larger place or region, locality, neighbourhood

   Olen asunut näillä kulmilla koko ikäni.

   I've lived in these parts all my life.

7. (sports) corner (corner kick, etc.)

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN

• “kulma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

From Proto-Finnic *kulma. Cognates include Finnish kulma and Estonian kulm.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkulmɑ/, [ˈkuɫm]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkulmɑ/, [ˈkuɫmɑ]
• Rhymes: -ulm, -ulmɑ
• Hyphenation: kul‧ma

kulma

1. eyebrow

• Often used in the combination silmän kulma (literally “eyebrow of the eye”).

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 217

kull +‎ ma.

• IPA^(key): /kul.ma/

kulma

1. whatever