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
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