kolme

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See also: kolmé and kolmë

Estonian

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kolme

  1. inflection of kolm:
    1. genitive singular
    2. partitive singular
    3. illative singular
    Synonym: kolmesse

Finnish

Finnish numbers (edit)
30
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    Cardinal: kolme
    Colloquial counting form: koo, kol
    Ordinal: kolmas
    Colloquial ordinal: kolkki (regional)
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3., 3:s
    Digit name: kolmonen
    Adverbial: kolmesti, kolmasti
    Multiplier: kolminkertainen
    Distributive: kolmittain
    Fractional: kolmasosa, kolmannes
Finnish Wikipedia article on 3

Alternative forms

  • kolome (dialectal, pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kolmë(t), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolme. Cognates include Estonian kolm, Erzya колмо (kolmo), Northern Khanty хәԯум (həłum), Northern Mansi хӯрум (hūrum) and Hungarian három.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolme/,
  • IPA(key): /ˈkolmeˣ/, (some speakers)
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -olme
  • Syllabification(key): kol‧me

Numeral

kolme

  1. three

Usage notes

Declension

Declension of kolme (type 7/ovi)
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative kolme kolmetsuperessive – –
genitive kolmen kolmiendelative – –
partitive kolmea kolmiasublative – –
accusative kolme
kolmen		 kolmetlative kolmia –
inessive kolmessa kolmissatemporal – –
elative kolmesta kolmistacausative – –
illative kolmeen kolmiinmultiplicative kolmesti
kolmasti (*)		 –
adessive kolmella kolmilladistributive – kolmittain
ablative kolmelta kolmiltatemp. dist. – kolmisin
allative kolmelle kolmilleprolative – –
essive kolmena kolminasituative – –
translative kolmeksi kolmiksioppositive – –
abessive kolmetta kolmitta
instructive kolmen kolmin
comitative – kolmine

Inflection is the same as type ovi (7) but with the nominative singular ending in -e rather than -i. Equivalently, it is nalle (8) for the singular forms and ovi (7) for the plural forms. However, in the ordinal form kolmas and the second possible multiplicative singular form kolmasti (*), the -e- is replaced with an -a- (see the ordinal form for more information).

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Karelian

Regional variants of kolme
North Karelian
(Viena) 		kolme
South Karelian
(Tver) 		kolme
Karelian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : kolme
    Ordinal : kolmaš

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kolmë(t). Cognates include Finnish kolme and Estonian kolm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolme/
  • Hyphenation: kol‧me

Numeral

kolme

  1. three

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “kolme”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
  • P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, page 52

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kolmë(t).

Numeral

kolme

  1. three
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