sumppi
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Swedish sump (“(used) coffee grounds”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sumppi
- coffee made from used coffee grounds, a common practice at the time coffee was expensive as compared to ordinary incomes
- (informal) mud (coffee brew, especially when of poor quality)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of sumppi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sumppi | sumpit | ||
genitive | sumpin | sumppien | ||
partitive | sumppia | sumppeja | ||
illative | sumppiin | sumppeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sumppi | sumpit | ||
accusative | nom. | sumppi | sumpit | |
gen. | sumpin | |||
genitive | sumpin | sumppien | ||
partitive | sumppia | sumppeja | ||
inessive | sumpissa | sumpeissa | ||
elative | sumpista | sumpeista | ||
illative | sumppiin | sumppeihin | ||
adessive | sumpilla | sumpeilla | ||
ablative | sumpilta | sumpeilta | ||
allative | sumpille | sumpeille | ||
essive | sumppina | sumppeina | ||
translative | sumpiksi | sumpeiksi | ||
abessive | sumpitta | sumpeitta | ||
instructive | — | sumpein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “sumppi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03