kumpikin

kumpikin

Finnish

(index ku)

Etymology

kumpi +‎ -kin

Pronoun

kumpikin sg

1. (indefinite) both

   Kumpikin on punainen.

   Both are red.

   Kummatkin ovat punaisia.

   Both are red.

Usage notes

• Note: as seen in the example clause above, kumpikin is singular, so, for the congruence, the following noun and verb must be conjugated in singular. When used attributively, plural is mostly used with pluralia tantum words, but also when speaking of two groups of similar objects.

Inflection

• The instructive plural is mainly used as an adverb.

noun case singular plural nominative kumpikin kummatkin genitive kummankin kumpienkin 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 instructive kumminkin abessive kummattakin kummittakin comitative kumpinekin

Synonyms

• kumpainenkin
• molemmat

Antonyms

• en/et/ei/emme/ette/eivät; älä/älköön/älkäämme/älkää/älkööt + kumpikaan

Related terms

Pronouns with same stems:

• joka
• jokin
• joku
• jompikumpi
• kuka
• kukaan
• kukin
• kumpi
• kumpikaan