kumpikaan

Finnish

(index ku)

Etymology

kumpi +‎ -kaan

Pronoun

kumpikaan

  1. (indefinite, in question clauses) either.
    Tietääkö kumpikaan teistä, missä se on?
    Does either of you know where it is?
  2. (indefinite, with a negation verb) neither, not ... either.
    Kumpikaan (heistä) ei sanonut sanaakaan.
    Neither (of them) said a word.
    Älä puhu tästä kummallekaan!
    Don't talk to either (of them) about this!

Inflection
noun case singular plural
nominative kumpikaan kummatkaan
genitive kummankaan kumpienkaan
partitive kumpaakaan kumpiakaan
inessive kummassakaan kummissakaan
elative kummastakaan kummistakaan
illative kumpaankaan kumpiinkaan
adessive kummallakaan kummillakaan
ablative kummaltakaan kummiltakaan
allative kummallekaan kummillekaan
essive kumpanakaan kumpinakaan
translative kummaksikaan kummiksikaan
instructive kumminkaan
abessive kummattakaan kummittakaan
comitative kumpinekaan

Synonyms

Pronouns with same stems:

Anagrams
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