User:Mölli-Möllerö/Finnish words with a -mAri suffix

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If you have a two-syllable Finnish verb ending in -da/-dä and you replace that with -mari/-märi, you sometimes get a noun which may or may not mean 'person who performs the action described by the verb':

verb noun meaning of verb meaning of noun meaning = 'doer of X'?
juoda juomari drink drinker ✔️ Yes
jäädä jäämäri stay does not exist ➖ N/A
käydä käymäri go, visit does not exist ➖ N/A
luoda luomari create does not exist ➖ N/A
lyödä lyömäri hit, strike beating instrument ⭕ Yes, but not a person
myydä myymäri sell does not exist ➖ N/A
naida naimari marry; fuck does not exist ➖ N/A
nähdä nähmäri see does not exist ➖ N/A
puida puimari thresh does not exist ➖ N/A
saada saamari get, obtain dang, darn (mild curse, not a noun) ❌ No
soida soimari sound, ring does not exist ➖ N/A
suoda suomari allow, grant does not exist ➖ N/A
syödä syömäri eat glutton, excessive eater ✔️ Yes
tehdä tehmäri do, make does not exist ➖ N/A
tuoda tuomari bring judge, referee, umpire ❌ No
uida uimari swim swimmer ✔️ Yes
viedä viemäri take (to another place) sewer /ˈs(j)uːə(ɹ)/ ⭕ Yes, but not a person
voida voimari can, be able to; feel, do does not exist ➖ N/A