kumpikaan
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkumpikɑːn/, [ˈkumpikɑ̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -umpikɑːn
- Syllabification(key): kum‧pi‧kaan
Pronoun
kumpikaan
- (indefinite, chiefly in the negative) (not) either, neither
- Kumpikaan (heistä) ei sanonut sanaakaan.
- Neither (of them) said a word.
- Älä puhu tästä kummallekaan!
- Don't talk to either (of them) about this!
- Tietääkö kumpikaan teistä, missä se on?
- Does either of you know where it is?
Inflection
| Inflection of kumpikaan (Kotus type 16*H/vanhempi, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kumpikaan | kummatkaan | |
| genitive | kummankaan | kumpienkaan | |
| partitive | kumpaakaan | kumpiakaan | |
| illative | kumpaankaan | kumpiinkaan | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kumpikaan | kummatkaan | |
| accusative | nom. | kumpikaan | kummatkaan |
| gen. | kummankaan | ||
| genitive | kummankaan | kumpienkaan kumpainkaanrare | |
| 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 | |
| abessive | kummattakaan | kummittakaan | |
| instructive | — | kumminkaan | |
| comitative | — | kumpinekaan | |
Synonyms
Further reading
- “kumpikaan”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
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