mummu
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Swedish mormor (“maternal grandma”)
Noun
mummu
Usage notes
Despite the etymology, in Finnish mummu can be used of both maternal and paternal grandmother.
Declension
Inflection of mummu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | mummu | mummut | ||
genitive | mummun | mummujen | ||
partitive | mummua | mummuja | ||
illative | mummuun | mummuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | mummu | mummut | ||
accusative | nom. | mummu | mummut | |
gen. | mummun | |||
genitive | mummun | mummujen | ||
partitive | mummua | mummuja | ||
inessive | mummussa | mummuissa | ||
elative | mummusta | mummuista | ||
illative | mummuun | mummuihin | ||
adessive | mummulla | mummuilla | ||
ablative | mummulta | mummuilta | ||
allative | mummulle | mummuille | ||
essive | mummuna | mummuina | ||
translative | mummuksi | mummuiksi | ||
abessive | mummutta | mummuitta | ||
instructive | — | mummuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |