umbtee

Estonian

Etymology

From Finnish umpitie, coined by Estonian poet and linguist Villem Grünthal-Ridala in 1922.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈumb̥ˌteː/, [ˈumb̥ˌteː]
  • Rhymes: -eː
  • Hyphenation: umb‧tee

Noun

umbtee (genitive umbtee, partitive umbteed)

  1. blind alley, cul-de-sac, dead end (a road with no way out at the other end)

Declension

Declension of umbtee (ÕS type 26i/idee, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative umbtee umbteed
accusative nom.
gen. umbtee
genitive umbteede
partitive umbteed umbteid
umbteesid
illative umbteesse umbteedesse
umbteisse
inessive umbtees umbteedes
umbteis
elative umbteest umbteedest
umbteist
allative umbteele umbteedele
umbteile
adessive umbteel umbteedel
umbteil
ablative umbteelt umbteedelt
umbteilt
translative umbteeks umbteedeks
umbteiks
terminative umbteeni umbteedeni
essive umbteena umbteedena
abessive umbteeta umbteedeta
comitative umbteega umbteedega

References

  • umbtee in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “umbtee”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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