From Proto-Finnic *kimalainën. Possibly a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *čьmeľь, itself likely onomatopoetic; attempts at deriving from kimeä (“shrill”) or kimaltaa (“to glitter”) are semantically unconvincing, since bumblebees don't glitter and the sound they emit is the opposite of shrill.
kimalainen
Inflection of kimalainen (Kotus type 38/nainen, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kimalainen | kimalaiset | |
genitive | kimalaisen | kimalaisten kimalaisien | |
partitive | kimalaista | kimalaisia | |
illative | kimalaiseen | kimalaisiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kimalainen | kimalaiset | |
accusative | nom. | kimalainen | kimalaiset |
gen. | kimalaisen | ||
genitive | kimalaisen | kimalaisten kimalaisien | |
partitive | kimalaista | kimalaisia | |
inessive | kimalaisessa | kimalaisissa | |
elative | kimalaisesta | kimalaisista | |
illative | kimalaiseen | kimalaisiin | |
adessive | kimalaisella | kimalaisilla | |
ablative | kimalaiselta | kimalaisilta | |
allative | kimalaiselle | kimalaisille | |
essive | kimalaisena | kimalaisina | |
translative | kimalaiseksi | kimalaisiksi | |
abessive | kimalaisetta | kimalaisitta | |
instructive | — | kimalaisin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |