kantamis

Kantamis is a term that appears in some Finnish linguistic and historical sources to denote the act or process of bearing or carrying loads. It is formed from the verb kantaa “to carry” with the nominalizing suffix -mis. In contemporary Finnish, however, the standard noun for this concept is kantaminen.

Kantamis is thus mainly of interest to students of Finnish morphology and historical texts, where it may appear as an older or less common form. Its appearance is not tied to a distinct cultural practice or technical term in modern usage; rather, it serves as an example in discussions of derivational patterns within Finnic languages.

In linguistic contexts, kantamis can illustrate how the suffix -mis creates abstract or concrete noun meanings related to carrying. The more productive and widely used form in everyday language remains kantaminen, not kantamis, and most dictionaries and grammars list kantaminen as the ordinary noun.

Because kantamis does not have a widely recognized specialized meaning beyond this linguistic sense, it is not associated with a formal field, tradition, or practice beyond grammar and philology.

See also: kantaa, kantaminen, Finnish morphology.