kummuli

Estonian

Etymology

Related to kumm (“vault, arch”), with the adverb-forming suffix -li. Compare Finnish kumollaan, kumossa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumˑuli/, [ˈkumˑulʲi]
• Rhymes: -umˑuli
• Hyphenation: kum‧mu‧li

Adverb

kummuli (not comparable)

1. upside down (bottom or lower half upwards)
2. prone, face-down

Derived terms

• kummutama

 

Compounds

• kummulikünd

 

References

• kummuli in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “kummuli”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009