Noun type: 9
Characteristics
Singular
| Nominative | kerma |
| Partitive | kermaa |
| Genetive | kerman |
| Accusative | kerman |
| Inessive | kermassa |
| Elative | kermasta |
| Illative | kermaan |
| Adessive | kermalla |
| Ablative | kermalta |
| Allative | kermalle |
| Essive | kermana |
| Translative | kermaksi |
| Abessive | kermatta |
Plural
| Nominative | kermat |
| Partitive | kermoja |
| Genetive | kermojen |
| Accusative | kermat |
| Inessive | kermoissa |
| Elative | kermoista |
| Illative | kermoihin |
| Adessive | kermoilla |
| Ablative | kermoilta |
| Allative | kermoille |
| Essive | kermoina |
| Translative | kermoiksi |
| Abessive | kermoitta |
| Instructive | kermoin |
| Comitative | kermoine |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
Most likely from keri (“skin, crust”) + -ma, with an original meaning “thin layer”. First attested in the 1770s.
Nouns inflected like kerma
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)