kolme

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See also: kolmé and kolmë

Estonian[edit]

Numeral[edit]

kolme

  1. inflection of kolm:
    1. genitive singular
    2. partitive singular
    3. illative singular
      Synonym: kolmesse

Finnish[edit]

Finnish numbers (edit)
30
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: kolme
    Colloquial counting form: koo, kol
    Ordinal: kolmas
    Colloquial ordinal: kolkki
    Ordinal abbreviation: 3.
    Adverbial: kolmesti, kolmasti
    Multiplier: kolminkertainen
    Distributive: kolmittain
    Fractional: kolmasosa, kolmannes
Finnish Wikipedia article on 3

Alternative forms[edit]

  • kolome (dialectal, pronunciation spelling)

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *kolme, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolme. Cognates include Estonian kolm, Erzya колмо (kolmo), Khanty хәԓум (xəḷum), Mansi хӯрум (hūrum) and Hungarian három.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkolme/, [ˈko̞lme̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈkolmeˣ/, [ˈko̞lme̞(ʔ)] (some speakers)
  • Rhymes: -olme
  • Syllabification(key): kol‧me

Numeral[edit]

kolme

  1. three

Usage notes[edit]

Declension[edit]

Inflection is the same as type ovi (7) but with the nominative singular ending in e rather than i. Equivalently, it is nalle (8) for the singular forms and ovi (7) for the plural forms. However, in the ordinal form kolmas and the second possible multiplicative singular form kolmasti (*), the e is replaced with an a (see the ordinal form for more information).

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Karelian[edit]

Karelian cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : kolme
    Ordinal : kolmas
    Fractional : kolmannes

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *kolme, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kolme. Cognates include Finnish kolme and Estonian kolm.

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

kolme

  1. three

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, page 52

Ludian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Finnic *kolme.

Numeral[edit]

kolme

  1. three