kumara

See also: Kumara

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori kūmara.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkuːməɹə/

Noun

kumara (plural kumaras or kumara)

1. (New Zealand) A sweet potato.

Derived terms

• suck the kumara

Anagrams

• karamu

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Finnish

Adjective

kumara (comparative kumarampi, superlative kumarin)

1. A hunch (bent, bowed posture)

   olla kumarassa = to hunch

Declension

Inflection of kumara (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		kumara	kumarat
genitive		kumaran	kumarien
partitive		kumaraa	kumaria
illative		kumaraan	kumariin
		singular	plural
nominative		kumara	kumarat
accusative	nom.	kumara	kumarat
	gen.	kumaran
genitive		kumaran	kumarien kumarainrare
partitive		kumaraa	kumaria
inessive		kumarassa	kumarissa
elative		kumarasta	kumarista
illative		kumaraan	kumariin
adessive		kumaralla	kumarilla
ablative		kumaralta	kumarilta
allative		kumaralle	kumarille
essive		kumarana	kumarina
translative		kumaraksi	kumariksi
instructive		—	kumarin
abessive		kumaratta	kumaritta
comitative		—	kumarine

Possessive forms of kumara (type koira)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kumarani	kumaramme
2nd person	kumarasi	kumaranne
3rd person	kumaransa
Only used with substantive adjectives, -inen adjectives used for comparisons of equality or agent participles.