kummi
English edit
Etymology edit
Tamil [Term?]
Noun edit
kummi (plural kummis)
- A kind of Indian folk dance.
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed 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 edit
Noun edit
kummi
Declension edit
Inflection 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 edit
See also edit
- kummitus (“ghost”)
Further reading edit
- “kummi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02