emämaa

Finnish

pronunciation
Definitions
  • motherland mother country in contrast to its colonies

Etymology

Affix from Finnish emä (mother, womb, dam) + Finnish maa (land, earth, country, ground, soil, of land, nation, of earth, country's, earth's, of country).

Origin

Finnish

maa

Gloss

land, earth, country, ground, soil, of land, nation, of earth, country's, earth's, of country

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

陸

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