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Definition 2024
kumma
kumma
Finnish
Adjective
kumma (comparative kummempi, superlative kummin)
- odd, strange
- Onpa kumma, että...
- How strange that ...
- Onpa kumma, että...
- in comparative, with negation, nasty, severe
- Onpa hyvä, että mitään kummempaa ei sattunut!
- How good that nothing more severe happened!
- Onpa hyvä, että mitään kummempaa ei sattunut!
- 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?
- Mitä kummaa täällä on tapahtunut?
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 | |
Usage notes
The comparative and superlative are seldom used. They are usually substituted with corresponding forms of the synonymous adjective kummallinen.
Synonyms
- (odd, strange): kummallinen, outo, omituinen
- (nasty, severe): ikävä, vakava
- (non-profane intensifier): ihme
Derived terms
- kummitella
- kummitus
See also
- kumpi (similar inflected forms)
Votic
Noun
kumma (genitive kummaa, partitive [please provide])
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
References
- "kumma" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat