kumpikaan

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Finnish

Etymology

kumpi +‎ -kaan

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kumpikaan

  1. (indefinite, chiefly in the negative) (not) either, neither
    Kumpikaan (heistä) ei sanonut sanaakaan.
    Neither (of them) said a word.
    Älä puhu tästä kummallekaan!
    Don't talk to either (of them) about this!
    Tietääkö kumpikaan teistä, missä se on?
    Does either of you know where it is?

Usage notes

polarity
pair 		positive kumpikin
negative kumpikaan

Inflection

Inflection of kumpikaan (Kotus type 16*H/vanhempi, mp-mm gradation)
nominative kumpikaan kummatkaan
genitive kummankaan kumpienkaan
partitive kumpaakaan kumpiakaan
illative kumpaankaan kumpiinkaan
singular plural
nominative kumpikaan kummatkaan
accusative nom. kumpikaan kummatkaan
gen. kummankaan
genitive kummankaan kumpienkaan
kumpainkaan rare
partitive kumpaakaan kumpiakaan
inessive kummassakaan kummissakaan
elative kummastakaan kummistakaan
illative kumpaankaan kumpiinkaan
adessive kummallakaan kummillakaan
ablative kummaltakaan kummiltakaan
allative kummallekaan kummillekaan
essive kumpanakaan kumpinakaan
translative kummaksikaan kummiksikaan
abessive kummattakaan kummittakaan
instructive — kumminkaan
comitative — kumpinekaan

Synonyms

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