sumppi

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish sump (“(used) coffee grounds”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsumpːi/, [ˈs̠umpːi]
  • Rhymes: -umpːi
  • Syllabification(key): sump‧pi

Noun

sumppi

  1. coffee made from used coffee grounds, a common practice at the time coffee was expensive as compared to ordinary incomes
  2. (informal) mud (coffee brew, especially when of poor quality)

Declension
Inflection of sumppi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation)
nominative sumppi sumpit
genitive sumpin sumppien
partitive sumppia sumppeja
illative sumppiin sumppeihin
singular plural
nominative sumppi sumpit
accusative nom. sumppi sumpit
gen. sumpin
genitive sumpin sumppien
partitive sumppia sumppeja
inessive sumpissa sumpeissa
elative sumpista sumpeista
illative sumppiin sumppeihin
adessive sumpilla sumpeilla
ablative sumpilta sumpeilta
allative sumpille sumpeille
essive sumppina sumppeina
translative sumpiksi sumpeiksi
instructive — sumpein
abessive sumpitta sumpeitta
comitative — sumppeineen
Possessive forms of sumppi (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person sumppini sumppimme
2nd person sumppisi sumppinne
3rd person sumppinsa

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