kumpõ

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word kumpõ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word kumpõ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say kumpõ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word kumpõ you have here. The definition of the word kumpõ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofkumpõ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Votic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kumpa.

Pronunciation

Determiner

kumpõ

  1. which, what (of two)

Conjunction

kumpõ

  1. (relative) which, what (of two)
  2. (relative) the kind of ... that, ...
    kumpõ koirõ haukub, se nii tšiire eb purõ
    a barking dog never bites
    (literally, “the kind of dog that barks will not quickly bite”)

Inflection

Declension of kumpõ (type V/poikõ, mp-mm gradation)
singular plural
nominative kumpõ kummõd
genitive kumma kumpijõ, kumpii
partitive kumpa kumpiitõ, kumpii
illative kumpasõ, kumpa kumpiisõ
inessive kummõz kumpiiz
elative kummõssõ kumpiissõ
allative kummõlõ kumpiilõ
adessive kummõllõ kumpiillõ
ablative kummõltõ kumpiiltõ
translative kummõssi kumpiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia