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Definition 2025
kumista
kumista
Finnish
Verb
kumista
- (intransitive) to peal, boom (to emit a loud, somewhat hollow sound, or a succession of such sounds, as of a low-pitched bell, thunder or cannon from a distance)
- (intransitive) to toll (to make the sound of a low-pitched bell)
Usage notes
The sound of a high-pitched bell is usually described with the verb soida or kilistä.
Conjugation
| Inflection of kumista (Kotus type 66/rohkaista, no gradation) | ||||||
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| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kumisen | en kumise | 1st sing. | olen kumissut | en ole kumissut | |
| 2nd sing. | kumiset | et kumise | 2nd sing. | olet kumissut | et ole kumissut | |
| 3rd sing. | kumisee | ei kumise | 3rd sing. | on kumissut | ei ole kumissut | |
| 1st plur. | kumisemme | emme kumise | 1st plur. | olemme kumisseet | emme ole kumisseet | |
| 2nd plur. | kumisette | ette kumise | 2nd plur. | olette kumisseet | ette ole kumisseet | |
| 3rd plur. | kumisevat | eivät kumise | 3rd plur. | ovat kumisseet | eivät ole kumisseet | |
| passive | kumistaan | ei kumista | passive | on kumistu | ei ole kumistu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kumisin | en kumissut | 1st sing. | olin kumissut | en ollut kumissut | |
| 2nd sing. | kumisit | et kumissut | 2nd sing. | olit kumissut | et ollut kumissut | |
| 3rd sing. | kumisi | ei kumissut | 3rd sing. | oli kumissut | ei ollut kumissut | |
| 1st plur. | kumisimme | emme kumisseet | 1st plur. | olimme kumisseet | emme olleet kumisseet | |
| 2nd plur. | kumisitte | ette kumisseet | 2nd plur. | olitte kumisseet | ette olleet kumisseet | |
| 3rd plur. | kumisivat | eivät kumisseet | 3rd plur. | olivat kumisseet | eivät olleet kumisseet | |
| passive | kumistiin | ei kumistu | passive | oli kumistu | ei ollut kumistu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kumisisin | en kumisisi | 1st sing. | olisin kumissut | en olisi kumissut | |
| 2nd sing. | kumisisit | et kumisisi | 2nd sing. | olisit kumissut | et olisi kumissut | |
| 3rd sing. | kumisisi | ei kumisisi | 3rd sing. | olisi kumissut | ei olisi kumissut | |
| 1st plur. | kumisisimme | emme kumisisi | 1st plur. | olisimme kumisseet | emme olisi kumisseet | |
| 2nd plur. | kumisisitte | ette kumisisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte kumisseet | ette olisi kumisseet | |
| 3rd plur. | kumisisivat | eivät kumisisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat kumisseet | eivät olisi kumisseet | |
| passive | kumistaisiin | ei kumistaisi | passive | olisi kumistu | ei olisi kumistu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | kumise | älä kumise | 2nd sing. | ole kumissut | älä ole kumissut | |
| 3rd sing. | kumiskoon | älköön kumisko | 3rd sing. | olkoon kumissut | älköön olko kumissut | |
| 1st plur. | kumiskaamme | älkäämme kumisko | 1st plur. | olkaamme kumisseet | älkäämme olko kumisseet | |
| 2nd plur. | kumiskaa | älkää kumisko | 2nd plur. | olkaa kumisseet | älkää olko kumisseet | |
| 3rd plur. | kumiskoot | älkööt kumisko | 3rd plur. | olkoot kumisseet | älkööt olko kumisseet | |
| passive | kumistakoon | älköön kumistako | passive | olkoon kumistu | älköön olko kumistu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | kumissen | en kumisse | 1st sing. | lienen kumissut | en liene kumissut | |
| 2nd sing. | kumisset | et kumisse | 2nd sing. | lienet kumissut | et liene kumissut | |
| 3rd sing. | kumissee | ei kumisse | 3rd sing. | lienee kumissut | ei liene kumissut | |
| 1st plur. | kumissemme | emme kumisse | 1st plur. | lienemme kumisseet | emme liene kumisseet | |
| 2nd plur. | kumissette | ette kumisse | 2nd plur. | lienette kumisseet | ette liene kumisseet | |
| 3rd plur. | kumissevat | eivät kumisse | 3rd plur. | lienevät kumisseet | eivät liene kumisseet | |
| passive | kumistaneen | ei kumistane | passive | lienee kumistu | ei liene kumistu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | kumista | present | kumiseva | kumistava | ||
| long 1st2 | kumistakseen | past | kumissut | kumistu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | kumistessa | kumistaessa | agent1, 3 | kumisema | |
| instructive | kumisten | — | negative | kumisematon | ||
| 3rd | inessive | kumisemassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. |
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| elative | kumisemasta | — | ||||
| illative | kumisemaan | — | ||||
| adessive | kumisemalla | — | ||||
| abessive | kumisematta | — | ||||
| instructive | kumiseman | kumistaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | kumiseminen | ||||
| partitive | kumisemista | |||||
| 5th2 | kumisemaisillaan | |||||
Related terms
- kumina
- kumistaa
- kumistella
- kumisuttaa
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
kumista
- Elative singular form of kumi.