kummi
English
editEtymology
editFrom Tamil [Term?].
Noun
editkummi (plural kummis)
- A kind of Indian folk dance.
Finnish
editEtymology
editBorrowed either from Old Swedish gumme (“man”) (compare Swedish gumma) or from Russian кум (kum, “godfather”), кума́ (kumá, “godmother”) (compare Latvian kūma (“godparent”), Latvian kūmas (“godparent”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkummi
Declension
editInflection of kummi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kummi | kummit | |
genitive | kummin | kummien | |
partitive | kummia | kummeja | |
illative | kummiin | kummeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kummi | kummit | |
accusative | nom. | kummi | kummit |
gen. | kummin | ||
genitive | kummin | kummien | |
partitive | kummia | kummeja | |
inessive | kummissa | kummeissa | |
elative | kummista | kummeista | |
illative | kummiin | kummeihin | |
adessive | kummilla | kummeilla | |
ablative | kummilta | kummeilta | |
allative | kummille | kummeille | |
essive | kummina | kummeina | |
translative | kummiksi | kummeiksi | |
abessive | kummitta | kummeitta | |
instructive | — | kummein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editcompounds
See also
edit- kummitus (“ghost”)
Further reading
edit- “kummi”, 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
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