kolme

See also: kolmé and kolmë

Estonian

Numeral

kolme

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

      Synonym: kolmesse

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Finnish

Finnish cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : kolme     Ordinal : kolmas     Adverbial : kolmasti     Multiplier : kolminkertainen     Distributive : kolmittain     Colloquial counting form : koo     Colloquial ordinal : kolkki
Finnish Wikipedia article on kolme

Alternative forms

• kolome (dialectal, pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

kolme

1. three

Usage notes

• See Appendix:Finnish numbers

Declension

Declension of kolme noun case singular plural adverbial form singular plural nominative kolme kolmet superessive – – genitive kolmen kolmien delative – – partitive kolmea kolmia sublative – – accusative kolme kolmen kolmet lative kolmia – inessive kolmessa kolmissa temporal – – elative kolmesta kolmista causative – – illative kolmeen kolmiin multiplicative kolmesti kolmasti (*) – adessive kolmella kolmilla distributive – kolmittain ablative kolmelta kolmilta temp. dist. – kolmisin allative kolmelle kolmille prolative – – essive kolmena kolmina situative – – translative kolmeksi kolmiksi oppositive – – instructive kolmen kolmin abessive kolmetta kolmitta comitative – kolmine

Inflection for the singular is the same as type nalle (number 8), while for the plural it is ovi (number 7). (Equivalently, it is the same as type ovi (number 7) but with the nominative singular ending in e rather than i). 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).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• kolmannes
• kolmas
• kolmasosa
• kolmekymmentä
• kolmesataa
• kolmetoista
• kolmetuhatta
• kolmi-

• kolmio
• kolmisen
• kolmisin
• kolmistaan
• kolmonen
• kolmoset

See also

• koo

Anagrams

• melko

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Karelian

Karelian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : kolme     Ordinal : kolmas     Fractional : kolmannes

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkolme/

Numeral

kolme

1. three

Declension

Declension of kolme plural nominative kolme genitive kolmen partitive kolmie inessive kolmessa elative kolmesta illative kolmeh adessive kolmella ablative kolmelta essive kolmena translative kolmeksi abessive kolmetta

References

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

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Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kolme.

Numeral

kolme

1. three