Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | kaima |
| Partitive | kaimaa |
| Genetive | kaiman |
| Accusative | kaiman |
| Inessive | kaimassa |
| Elative | kaimasta |
| Illative | kaimaan |
| Adessive | kaimalla |
| Ablative | kaimalta |
| Allative | kaimalle |
| Essive | kaimana |
| Translative | kaimaksi |
| Abessive | kaimatta |
Plural
| Nominative | kaimat |
| Partitive | kaimoja |
| Genetive | kaimojen |
| Accusative | kaimat |
| Inessive | kaimoissa |
| Elative | kaimoista |
| Illative | kaimoihin |
| Adessive | kaimoilla |
| Ablative | kaimoilta |
| Allative | kaimoille |
| Essive | kaimoina |
| Translative | kaimoiksi |
| Abessive | kaimoitta |
| Instructive | kaimoin |
| Comitative | kaimoine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kaima (compare Estonian kaim, Proto-Samic *kuojmē), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian káimas, Latvian ciems). Northern Sami gaiˈbmât (“to adapt to a companion, to enjoy company”), from Proto-Samic *kājmē, is a later borrowing from Finnic. See: Latvian Nouns '
ciems'.
Nouns inflected like kaima
aapa,
aatra,
aava,
abbedissa,
abrakadabra,
abskissa,
adventtiaika,
aerodynamiikka,
afta,
agenda,
ahdelauha,
ahkeraliisa,
ahma,
ahminta,
ahnehdinta,
aika,
aina,
aisa,
aita,
aitta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)