kumpi

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kumpa. Equivalent to ku- (interrogative stem) +‎ -mpi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumpi/, [ˈkumpi]
• Rhymes: -umpi
• Syllabification: kum‧pi

Pronoun

kumpi

1. (interrogative) which one (of (the) two)

   Kumpi varasti keksit?

   Which one (of you) stole the cookies?

Determiner

kumpi

1. (interrogative) which one (of (the) two)

   Kumpi teistä varasti keksejä?

   Which one of you stole cookies?

Declension

Inflection of kumpi (Kotus type 16*H/vanhempi, mp-mm gradation)
nominative		kumpi	kummat
genitive		kumman	kumpien
partitive		kumpaa	kumpia
illative		kumpaan	kumpiin
		singular	plural
nominative		kumpi	kummat
accusative	nom.	kumpi	kummat
	gen.	kumman
genitive		kumman	kumpien kumpainrare
partitive		kumpaa	kumpia
inessive		kummassa	kummissa
elative		kummasta	kummista
illative		kumpaan	kumpiin
adessive		kummalla	kummilla
ablative		kummalta	kummilta
allative		kummalle	kummille
essive		kumpana	kumpina
translative		kummaksi	kummiksi
instructive		—	kummin
abessive		kummatta	kummitta
comitative		—	kumpine

Possessive forms of kumpi (type vanhempi)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	kumpani	kumpamme
2nd person	kumpasi	kumpanne
3rd person	kumpansa

Synonyms

• (which one of the two) kumpainen

Related terms

Pronouns with same stems:

• joka
• jokin
• joku
• jompikumpi
• kuka
• kukaan
• kukin
• kumpikaan
• kumpikin

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Karelian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kumpa. Cognates include Finnish kumpi and Ingrian kumpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumpi/

Pronoun

kumpi

1. which? (of two)

Declension

Declension of kumpi singular plural nominative kumpi kummat genitive kumman kumpien partitive kumpua kumpina inessive kummassa kummissa elative kummasta kummista illative kumpah kumpih adessive kummalla kummilla ablative kummalta kummilta essive kumpana kumpina translative kummaksi kummiksi abessive kummatta kummitta

References

• P. M. Zaykov (1999) Грамматика Карельского языка (фонетика и морфология) [Grammar of the Karelian language (phonetics and morphology)], →ISBN, page 60