kumma

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kumma. Related to Ingrian kumma, Karelian kumma, Livvi kummu and Votic kumma.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: kum‧ma
  • IPA(key): /ˈkumːɑ/

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

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

Votic

Etymology

Noun

kumma (genitive kummaa, partitive [please provide])

  1. miracle

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References
  • "kumma" in Vadja keele sõnaraamat
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