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Kumina

Kumina

See also: kumina

English

Proper noun

Kumina

  1. An Afro-Jamaican religion involving music, dancing, and the practice of bringing down spirits of the dead to briefly inhabit the bodies of the faithful and share ancestral wisdom.

kumina

kumina

See also: Kumina

Finnish

Noun

kumina

  1. A hollow sound, like the toll of church bells or the rumble of empty barrels.
Declension
Inflection of kumina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative kumina kuminat
genitive kuminan kuminoiden
kuminoitten
partitive kuminaa kuminoita
illative kuminaan kuminoihin
singular plural
nominative kumina kuminat
accusative nom. kumina kuminat
gen. kuminan
genitive kuminan kuminoiden
kuminoitten
kuminainrare
partitive kuminaa kuminoita
inessive kuminassa kuminoissa
elative kuminasta kuminoista
illative kuminaan kuminoihin
adessive kuminalla kuminoilla
ablative kuminalta kuminoilta
allative kuminalle kuminoille
essive kuminana kuminoina
translative kuminaksi kuminoiksi
instructive — kuminoin
abessive kuminatta kuminoitta
comitative — kuminoineen
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Etymology 2

Noun

kumina

  1. caraway, Persian cumin (plant in Apiaceae family, Carum carvi)
  2. caraway (the seeds of that plant, used as spice)
Declension
Inflection of kumina (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative kumina kuminat
genitive kuminan kuminoiden
kuminoitten
partitive kuminaa kuminoita
illative kuminaan kuminoihin
singular plural
nominative kumina kuminat
accusative nom. kumina kuminat
gen. kuminan
genitive kuminan kuminoiden
kuminoitten
kuminainrare
partitive kuminaa kuminoita
inessive kuminassa kuminoissa
elative kuminasta kuminoista
illative kuminaan kuminoihin
adessive kuminalla kuminoilla
ablative kuminalta kuminoilta
allative kuminalle kuminoille
essive kuminana kuminoina
translative kuminaksi kuminoiksi
instructive — kuminoin
abessive kuminatta kuminoitta
comitative — kuminoineen
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Noun

kumina

  1. Essive singular form of kumi.

Etymology

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