kumiperuna
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]kumi (“rubber”) + peruna (“potato”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kumiperuna
- a potato that has been steamed pre-peeled without rinsing, causing the potato starch remaining on its surface to gelatinize and form a rubbery skin once it's dried
Usage notes
[edit]- Mostly used to describe rubbery potatoes produced in the large canteen kitchens of schools and other institutions that feed large numbers of people.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kumiperuna (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kumiperuna | kumiperunat | |
genitive | kumiperunan | kumiperunoiden kumiperunoitten | |
partitive | kumiperunaa | kumiperunoita | |
illative | kumiperunaan | kumiperunoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kumiperuna | kumiperunat | |
accusative | nom. | kumiperuna | kumiperunat |
gen. | kumiperunan | ||
genitive | kumiperunan | kumiperunoiden kumiperunoitten kumiperunain rare | |
partitive | kumiperunaa | kumiperunoita | |
inessive | kumiperunassa | kumiperunoissa | |
elative | kumiperunasta | kumiperunoista | |
illative | kumiperunaan | kumiperunoihin | |
adessive | kumiperunalla | kumiperunoilla | |
ablative | kumiperunalta | kumiperunoilta | |
allative | kumiperunalle | kumiperunoille | |
essive | kumiperunana | kumiperunoina | |
translative | kumiperunaksi | kumiperunoiksi | |
abessive | kumiperunatta | kumiperunoitta | |
instructive | — | kumiperunoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “kumiperuna”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01