helma

Borrowed from German Helm.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛlma]

helma f

1. helmet
2. hard hat

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

From Proto-Finnic *hëlma (compare Estonian hõlm), possibly borrowed either from Baltic (compare Lithuanian šelmuo (“ridge (of a roof)”)) or from Proto-Germanic *helmaz (“protective covering”) (compare Old English helm (“helmet, protection, covering”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhelmɑ/, [ˈhe̞lmɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -elmɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): hel‧ma

helma

1. skirt, base, lap (part of a dress or robe, etc., that hangs below the waist)

   Synonyms: helmus, lieve, reuna

2. hem (border of an article of clothing doubled back and stitched together to finish the edge and prevent it from fraying)

   Synonyms: palle, päärme

3. (figuratively) care

   äitinsä helmoissa ― cared for by his mother / living with his mother

4. (furniture) valance (short, decorative edging of cloth that conceals the underside of a bed, couch or other piece of furniture)

   Synonym: helmalakana

• “helma”, 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 2023-07-02

• Halme, halme

From Proto-Finnic *hëlma. Cognates include Finnish helma and Estonian hõlm.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhelmɑ/, [ˈhe̞ɫm]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhelmɑ/, [ˈhe̞ɫmɑ]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈhelmɑ/, [ˈhe̞ɫmɑ]
• Rhymes: -elm, -elmɑ
• Hyphenation: hel‧ma

helma

1. skirt, base, lap (part of clothing hanging below the waist)

Declension of helma (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	helma	helmat
genitive	helman	helmoin
partitive	helmaa	helmoja
illative	helmaa	helmoi
inessive	helmaas	helmois
elative	helmast	helmoist
allative	helmalle	helmoille
adessive	helmaal	helmoil
ablative	helmalt	helmoilt
translative	helmaks	helmoiks
essive	helmanna, helmaan	helmoinna, helmoin
exessive1)	helmant	helmoint
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.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 55
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 34

Cognate with Old Norse hjálm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈxel.mɑ/, [ˈheɫ.mɑ]

helma m

1. helm (of boat), tiller

• English: helm

Borrowed from German helm.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦelma]

helma f (related adjective helmový, diminutive helmička, augmentative helmisko)

1. helmet

• “helma”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024