kummi
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English
Etymology
From Tamil .
Noun
kummi (plural kummis)
- A kind of Indian folk dance.
Finnish
Etymology
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
Noun
kummi
Declension
| Inflection of kummi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Derived terms
compounds
See also
- kummitus (“ghost”)
Further reading
- “kummi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02