mummu

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Swedish mormor (“maternal grandma”)

Noun

mummu

  1. (familiar) grandma

Usage notes

Despite the etymology, in Finnish mummu can be used of both maternal and paternal grandmother.

Declension
Inflection of mummu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative mummu mummut
genitive mummun mummujen
partitive mummua mummuja
illative mummuun mummuihin
singular plural
nominative mummu mummut
accusative nom. mummu mummut
gen. mummun
genitive mummun mummujen
partitive mummua mummuja
inessive mummussa mummuissa
elative mummusta mummuista
illative mummuun mummuihin
adessive mummulla mummuilla
ablative mummulta mummuilta
allative mummulle mummuille
essive mummuna mummuina
translative mummuksi mummuiksi
instructive — mummuin
abessive mummutta mummuitta
comitative — mummuineen

Synonyms
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