kompiainen
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Likely from Swedish konfekt. Compare Estonian kompvek, which went through similar phonological changes while borrowing from German Konfekt.
There is a common folk story and myth regarding the etymology of the word stating that the word is a misinterpretation of the French combien? (“how much?”) as meaning "candy", being stated by a French trader in the context of trading sweets.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kompiainen (dialectal)
- (Oulu region) candy
Declension edit
Inflection of kompiainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kompiainen | kompiaiset | ||
genitive | kompiaisen | kompiaisten kompiaisien | ||
partitive | kompiaista | kompiaisia | ||
illative | kompiaiseen | kompiaisiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kompiainen | kompiaiset | ||
accusative | nom. | kompiainen | kompiaiset | |
gen. | kompiaisen | |||
genitive | kompiaisen | kompiaisten kompiaisien | ||
partitive | kompiaista | kompiaisia | ||
inessive | kompiaisessa | kompiaisissa | ||
elative | kompiaisesta | kompiaisista | ||
illative | kompiaiseen | kompiaisiin | ||
adessive | kompiaisella | kompiaisilla | ||
ablative | kompiaiselta | kompiaisilta | ||
allative | kompiaiselle | kompiaisille | ||
essive | kompiaisena | kompiaisina | ||
translative | kompiaiseksi | kompiaisiksi | ||
abessive | kompiaisetta | kompiaisitta | ||
instructive | — | kompiaisin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |