kumpikin
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkumpikin/, [ˈkumpik̟in]
- Rhymes: -umpikin
- Syllabification(key): kum‧pi‧kin
Pronoun
kumpikin
- (indefinite, chiefly in the positive) both
- Kumpikin on punainen.
- Both are red.
- Kummatkin ovat punaisia.
- Both are red.
Usage notes
- As seen in the example clause above, kumpikin is in the singular, so, in order to preserve congruence, the following noun and verb must be conjugated in the singular number as well. When used attributively, the plural is mostly used with pluralia tantum, but also when speaking of two groups of similar objects.
| polarity pair |
positive | kumpikin |
|---|---|---|
| negative | kumpikaan |
Inflection
- The instructive plural is mainly used as an adverb.
| Inflection of kumpikin (Kotus type 16*H/vanhempi, mp-mm gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kumpikin | kummatkin | |
| genitive | kummankin | kumpienkin | |
| partitive | kumpaakin | kumpiakin | |
| illative | kumpaankin | kumpiinkin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kumpikin | kummatkin | |
| accusative | nom. | kumpikin | kummatkin |
| gen. | kummankin | ||
| genitive | kummankin | kumpienkin kumpainkinrare | |
| partitive | kumpaakin | kumpiakin | |
| inessive | kummassakin | kummissakin | |
| elative | kummastakin | kummistakin | |
| illative | kumpaankin | kumpiinkin | |
| adessive | kummallakin | kummillakin | |
| ablative | kummaltakin | kummiltakin | |
| allative | kummallekin | kummillekin | |
| essive | kumpanakin | kumpinakin | |
| translative | kummaksikin | kummiksikin | |
| abessive | kummattakin | kummittakin | |
| instructive | — | kumminkin | |
| comitative | — | kumpinekin | |
Synonyms
- kumpainenkin
- molemmat
- molempi (informal)
Related terms
Pronouns with same stems:
Further reading
- “kumpikin”, 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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