kummeli
Finnish
Two types of kummeli: a traditional stone cairn on the left and on the right a modern daymark that may be explicitely identified by the letter painted on it.
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish kummel, from Old Norse kumbl.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkumːeli/, [ˈkumːe̞li]
- Rhymes: -umːeli
- Syllabification(key): kum‧me‧li
Noun
kummeli
- (nautical) cairn (pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, especially one built to guide travelers at sea)
- (by extension) daymark (any mark designed to help navigators to find their way during daylight hours)
Declension
| Inflection of kummeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kummeli | kummelit | |
| genitive | kummelin | kummelien kummeleiden kummeleitten | |
| partitive | kummelia | kummeleita kummeleja | |
| illative | kummeliin | kummeleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kummeli | kummelit | |
| accusative | nom. | kummeli | kummelit |
| gen. | kummelin | ||
| genitive | kummelin | kummelien kummeleiden kummeleitten | |
| partitive | kummelia | kummeleita kummeleja | |
| inessive | kummelissa | kummeleissa | |
| elative | kummelista | kummeleista | |
| illative | kummeliin | kummeleihin | |
| adessive | kummelilla | kummeleilla | |
| ablative | kummelilta | kummeleilta | |
| allative | kummelille | kummeleille | |
| essive | kummelina | kummeleina | |
| translative | kummeliksi | kummeleiksi | |
| instructive | — | kummelein | |
| abessive | kummelitta | kummeleitta | |
| comitative | — | kummeleineen | |
| Possessive forms of kummeli (type paperi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kummelini | kummelimme |
| 2nd person | kummelisi | kummelinne |
| 3rd person | kummelinsa | |