kumu
Finnish
Etymology
kum- + -u; related to kumina, kumea, kumista and kumajaa, likely ultimately onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkumu/, [ˈkumu]
- Rhymes: -umu
- Syllabification(key): ku‧mu
Declension
| Inflection of kumu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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| nominative | kumu | kumut | ||
| genitive | kumun | kumujen | ||
| partitive | kumua | kumuja | ||
| illative | kumuun | kumuihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | kumu | kumut | ||
| accusative | nom. | kumu | kumut | |
| gen. | kumun | |||
| genitive | kumun | kumujen | ||
| partitive | kumua | kumuja | ||
| inessive | kumussa | kumuissa | ||
| elative | kumusta | kumuista | ||
| illative | kumuun | kumuihin | ||
| adessive | kumulla | kumuilla | ||
| ablative | kumulta | kumuilta | ||
| allative | kumulle | kumuille | ||
| essive | kumuna | kumuina | ||
| translative | kumuksi | kumuiksi | ||
| abessive | kumutta | kumuitta | ||
| instructive | — | kumuin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “kumu”, 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
Anagrams
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *tumu (compare with Maori tumu and Tahitian tumu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.mu/
References
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tumu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kumu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 182
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Noun
kumu
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