kummuli

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Estonian

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Etymology

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Related to kumm (vault, arch), with the adverb-forming suffix -li. Compare Finnish kumollaan, kumossa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkumˑuli/, [ˈkumˑulʲi]
  • Rhymes: -umˑuli
  • Hyphenation: kum‧mu‧li

Adverb

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kummuli (not comparable)

  1. upside down (bottom or lower half upwards)
  2. prone, face-down

Derived terms

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Compounds

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References

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  • kummuli in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • kummuli”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009