komea

Finnish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Thought to be expressive in some way; perhaps related to kumea in which case the word may originally have referred to voice. Related to Karelian komie and Votic komõa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkomeɑ/, [ˈko̞me̞ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -omeɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ko‧me‧a

Adjective

komea (comparative komeampi, superlative komein)

  1. handsome (beautiful, especially of a man)
    Antonym: ruma
  2. imposing, impressive, stately
  3. (dialectal) beautiful (also of a woman)
    Antonym: ruma
    • unknown, unknown (lyrics and music), “Isontalon Antti ja Rannanjärvi”:
      Isoontalon Antti ja Rannanjärvi
      ne jutteli kaharen kesken:
      "Tapa sinä Kauhavan ruma vallesmanni,
      niin minä nain sen komian lesken."
      Antti Isotalo and Rannanjärvi
      were talking between the two of them:
      "You should kill that ugly sheriff of Kauhava,
      and I'll marry his beautiful widow."

Declension
Inflection of komea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
nominative komea komeat
genitive komean komeiden
komeitten
partitive komeaa
komeata		 komeita
illative komeaan komeisiin
komeihin
singular plural
nominative komea komeat
accusative nom. komea komeat
gen. komean
genitive komean komeiden
komeitten
komeainrare
partitive komeaa
komeata		 komeita
inessive komeassa komeissa
elative komeasta komeista
illative komeaan komeisiin
komeihin
adessive komealla komeilla
ablative komealta komeilta
allative komealle komeille
essive komeana komeina
translative komeaksi komeiksi
abessive komeatta komeitta
instructive — komein
comitative — komeine
Possessive forms of komea (Kotus type 15/korkea, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative komeani komeani
accusative nom. komeani komeani
gen. komeani
genitive komeani komeideni
komeitteni
komeainirare
partitive komeaani
komeatani		 komeitani
inessive komeassani komeissani
elative komeastani komeistani
illative komeaani komeisiini
komeihini
adessive komeallani komeillani
ablative komealtani komeiltani
allative komealleni komeilleni
essive komeanani komeinani
translative komeakseni komeikseni
abessive komeattani komeittani
instructive — —
comitative — komeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative komeasi komeasi
accusative nom. komeasi komeasi
gen. komeasi
genitive komeasi komeidesi
komeittesi
komeaisirare
partitive komeaasi
komeatasi		 komeitasi
inessive komeassasi komeissasi
elative komeastasi komeistasi
illative komeaasi komeisiisi
komeihisi
adessive komeallasi komeillasi
ablative komealtasi komeiltasi
allative komeallesi komeillesi
essive komeanasi komeinasi
translative komeaksesi komeiksesi
abessive komeattasi komeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — komeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative komeamme komeamme
accusative nom. komeamme komeamme
gen. komeamme
genitive komeamme komeidemme
komeittemme
komeaimmerare
partitive komeaamme
komeatamme		 komeitamme
inessive komeassamme komeissamme
elative komeastamme komeistamme
illative komeaamme komeisiimme
komeihimme
adessive komeallamme komeillamme
ablative komealtamme komeiltamme
allative komeallemme komeillemme
essive komeanamme komeinamme
translative komeaksemme komeiksemme
abessive komeattamme komeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — komeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative komeanne komeanne
accusative nom. komeanne komeanne
gen. komeanne
genitive komeanne komeidenne
komeittenne
komeainnerare
partitive komeaanne
komeatanne		 komeitanne
inessive komeassanne komeissanne
elative komeastanne komeistanne
illative komeaanne komeisiinne
komeihinne
adessive komeallanne komeillanne
ablative komealtanne komeiltanne
allative komeallenne komeillenne
essive komeananne komeinanne
translative komeaksenne komeiksenne
abessive komeattanne komeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — komeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative komeansa komeansa
accusative nom. komeansa komeansa
gen. komeansa
genitive komeansa komeidensa
komeittensa
komeainsarare
partitive komeataan
komeaansa
komeatansa		 komeitaan
komeitansa
inessive komeassaan
komeassansa		 komeissaan
komeissansa
elative komeastaan
komeastansa		 komeistaan
komeistansa
illative komeaansa komeisiinsa
komeihinsa
adessive komeallaan
komeallansa		 komeillaan
komeillansa
ablative komealtaan
komealtansa		 komeiltaan
komeiltansa
allative komealleen
komeallensa		 komeilleen
komeillensa
essive komeanaan
komeanansa		 komeinaan
komeinansa
translative komeakseen
komeaksensa		 komeikseen
komeiksensa
abessive komeattaan
komeattansa		 komeittaan
komeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — komeineen
komeinensa

Derived terms

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb

-komea (infinitive kukomea)

  1. Applicative form of -koma

Conjugation

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