kumma

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare German kommen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkumɐ/
  • Hyphenation: kum‧ma

Verb

kumma (past participle kumma)

  1. (South Bavaria, East Central Bavaria, Vienna) to come

Conjugation


Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kumma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkumːɑ/, [ˈkumːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -umːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): kum‧ma

Adjective

kumma (comparative kummempi, superlative kummin)

  1. odd, strange
    Onpa kumma, että...
    How strange that ...
  2. in comparative, with negation, nasty, severe
    Onpa hyvä, että mitään kummempaa ei sattunut!
    How good that nothing more severe happened!
  3. on earth, in the world, the dickens (used as non-profane intensifier with an interrogative pronoun)
    Mitä kummaa täällä on tapahtunut?
    What on earth has taken place here?

Usage notes

  • The comparative and superlative are seldom used. They are usually substituted with corresponding forms of the synonymous adjective kummallinen.

Declension

Inflection of kumma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative kumma kummat
genitive kumman kummien
partitive kummaa kummia
illative kummaan kummiin
singular plural
nominative kumma kummat
accusative nom. kumma kummat
gen. kumman
genitive kumman kummien
kummainrare
partitive kummaa kummia
inessive kummassa kummissa
elative kummasta kummista
illative kummaan kummiin
adessive kummalla kummilla
ablative kummalta kummilta
allative kummalle kummille
essive kummana kummina
translative kummaksi kummiksi
instructive kummin
abessive kummatta kummitta
comitative kummine
Possessive forms of kumma (type koira)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor singular plural
1st person kummani kummamme
2nd person kummasi kummanne
3rd person kummansa

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

  • kumpi (similar inflected forms)

Noun

kumma

  1. strange or odd thing

Declension

Inflection of kumma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative kumma kummat
genitive kumman kummien
partitive kummaa kummia
illative kummaan kummiin
singular plural
nominative kumma kummat
accusative nom. kumma kummat
gen. kumman
genitive kumman kummien
kummainrare
partitive kummaa kummia
inessive kummassa kummissa
elative kummasta kummista
illative kummaan kummiin
adessive kummalla kummilla
ablative kummalta kummilta
allative kummalle kummille
essive kummana kummina
translative kummaksi kummiksi
instructive kummin
abessive kummatta kummitta
comitative kummineen
Possessive forms of kumma (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person kummani kummamme
2nd person kummasi kummanne
3rd person kummansa

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kumma. Cognates include Finnish kumma and Estonian -kumm.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkumːɑ/, [ˈkumː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkumːɑ/, [ˈkumːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -umːɑ
  • Hyphenation: kum‧ma

Noun

kumma

  1. miracle, wonder

Declension

Declension of kumma (type 3/koira, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative kumma kummat
genitive kumman kummiin
partitive kummaa kummia
illative kummaa kummii
inessive kummaas kummiis
elative kummast kummist
allative kummalle kummille
adessive kummaal kummiil
ablative kummalt kummilt
translative kummaks kummiks
essive kummanna, kummaan kumminna, kummiin
exessive1) kummant kummint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 9
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 218

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कूर्म (kūrmá).

Noun

kumma m[1]

  1. a tortoise

Declension

References

  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), kūrmá1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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