kummeli

Finnish
Two types of kummeli: a traditional stone cairn on the left and on the right a modern daymark that may be explicitely identified by the letter painted on it.

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish kummel, from Old Norse kumbl.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkumːeli/, [ˈkumːe̞li]
  • Rhymes: -umːeli
  • Syllabification(key): kum‧me‧li

Noun

kummeli

  1. (nautical) cairn (pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, especially one built to guide travelers at sea)
  2. (by extension) daymark (any mark designed to help navigators to find their way during daylight hours)

Declension
Inflection of kummeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative kummeli kummelit
genitive kummelin kummelien
kummeleiden
kummeleitten
partitive kummelia kummeleita
kummeleja
illative kummeliin kummeleihin
singular plural
nominative kummeli kummelit
accusative nom. kummeli kummelit
gen. kummelin
genitive kummelin kummelien
kummeleiden
kummeleitten
partitive kummelia kummeleita
kummeleja
inessive kummelissa kummeleissa
elative kummelista kummeleista
illative kummeliin kummeleihin
adessive kummelilla kummeleilla
ablative kummelilta kummeleilta
allative kummelille kummeleille
essive kummelina kummeleina
translative kummeliksi kummeleiksi
instructive — kummelein
abessive kummelitta kummeleitta
comitative — kummeleineen
Possessive forms of kummeli (type paperi)
possessor singular plural
1st person kummelini kummelimme
2nd person kummelisi kummelinne
3rd person kummelinsa
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