mummu
Finnish
Alternative forms
- mummo
Etymology
From Swedish mormor (“maternal grandma”)
Noun
mummu
- (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
- isoäiti