mumina
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
mumista (“to mumble, mutter”) + -na (suffix used to produce action nouns out of certain verbs)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mumina
- mumble, mumbling, mutter, muttering, murmur (low, indistinct sounds of speech)
- 2008, Veikko O. Tähti, Kuoleman portilla, BoD - Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 85:
- Kun ovi oli sulkeutunut junapartion perässä hiljaa tömähtäen, kuului enää vain vanhan rouvan ärtynyt mumina.
- After the door had closed behind the train patrol with a soft thump, only the old lady's irritated mumble was heard.
Declension edit
Inflection of mumina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | mumina | muminat | ||
genitive | muminan | muminoiden muminoitten | ||
partitive | muminaa | muminoita | ||
illative | muminaan | muminoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | mumina | muminat | ||
accusative | nom. | mumina | muminat | |
gen. | muminan | |||
genitive | muminan | muminoiden muminoitten muminainrare | ||
partitive | muminaa | muminoita | ||
inessive | muminassa | muminoissa | ||
elative | muminasta | muminoista | ||
illative | muminaan | muminoihin | ||
adessive | muminalla | muminoilla | ||
ablative | muminalta | muminoilta | ||
allative | muminalle | muminoille | ||
essive | muminana | muminoina | ||
translative | muminaksi | muminoiksi | ||
abessive | muminatta | muminoitta | ||
instructive | — | muminoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
References edit
- Severi Alanne's 1919 Suomalais-Englantilainen Sanakirja / Finnish English Dictionary (mumina is on page 406)
Further reading edit
- “mumina”, 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 2023-07-03