hippu
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a root *hip(p)e- shared with hiven, dialectal hive (“sweet snack”) and dialectal hippi (“peak, tip”). SSA argues for a sound-symbolic origin,[1] while NSES connects both with hipiä (and thus indirectly also hius).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hippu
- nugget (small, compact chunk or clump)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of hippu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | |||
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nominative | hippu | hiput | |
genitive | hipun | hippujen | |
partitive | hippua | hippuja | |
illative | hippuun | hippuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | hippu | hiput | |
accusative | nom. | hippu | hiput |
gen. | hipun | ||
genitive | hipun | hippujen | |
partitive | hippua | hippuja | |
inessive | hipussa | hipuissa | |
elative | hipusta | hipuista | |
illative | hippuun | hippuihin | |
adessive | hipulla | hipuilla | |
ablative | hipulta | hipuilta | |
allative | hipulle | hipuille | |
essive | hippuna | hippuina | |
translative | hipuksi | hipuiksi | |
abessive | hiputta | hipuitta | |
instructive | — | hipuin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]compounds
References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “hippu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02