kapula
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚲᚨᛒᚢᛚᚨ (*kabula), from Proto-Germanic *kablaz; compare Swedish kavel, kavle and Norwegian kavl.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kapula
- a small, solid piece of wood, often shaped for a useful function; a stick, billet
- baton (in relay race)
- (informal) cellular, cellphone
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kapula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kapula | kapulat | |
genitive | kapulan | kapuloiden kapuloitten | |
partitive | kapulaa | kapuloita | |
illative | kapulaan | kapuloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kapula | kapulat | |
accusative | nom. | kapula | kapulat |
gen. | kapulan | ||
genitive | kapulan | kapuloiden kapuloitten kapulain rare | |
partitive | kapulaa | kapuloita | |
inessive | kapulassa | kapuloissa | |
elative | kapulasta | kapuloista | |
illative | kapulaan | kapuloihin | |
adessive | kapulalla | kapuloilla | |
ablative | kapulalta | kapuloilta | |
allative | kapulalle | kapuloille | |
essive | kapulana | kapuloina | |
translative | kapulaksi | kapuloiksi | |
abessive | kapulatta | kapuloitta | |
instructive | — | kapuloin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]- (piece of wood): kalikka
- (cellular phone): kännykkä, matkapuhelin
- (baton): viestikapula
Derived terms
[edit]idioms
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][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 [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “kapula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][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
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Proto-Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Norse
- Finnish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpulɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑpulɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish informal terms
- Finnish kulkija-type nominals