hoppu

Finnish

Etymology

Akin to Karelian hoppu and perhaps also Ludian hopp (“quarrel”)[1], possibly borrowed from Swedish hopp (“jump”), hoppa (“to jump”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhopːu/, [ˈho̞pːu]
  • Rhymes: -opːu
  • Syllabification(key): hop‧pu

Noun

hoppu

  1. hurry, hustle

Declension
Inflection of hoppu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation)
nominative hoppu hoput
genitive hopun hoppujen
partitive hoppua hoppuja
illative hoppuun hoppuihin
singular plural
nominative hoppu hoput
accusative nom. hoppu hoput
gen. hopun
genitive hopun hoppujen
partitive hoppua hoppuja
inessive hopussa hopuissa
elative hopusta hopuista
illative hoppuun hoppuihin
adessive hopulla hopuilla
ablative hopulta hopuilta
allative hopulle hopuille
essive hoppuna hoppuina
translative hopuksi hopuiksi
instructive — hopuin
abessive hoputta hopuitta
comitative — hoppuineen
Possessive forms of hoppu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person hoppuni hoppumme
2nd person hoppusi hoppunne
3rd person hoppunsa
  • hop (General spurring interjection. Used to entice a horse into a run.)
  • hoputtaa (“to rush, busy”)
  • hoppuilla (“to hurry, hustle”)
  • (archaic) hopo (“horse”)

Proverbs

References
  1. Itkonen, Erkki; Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000) Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎ (in Finnish), [note: linked online version also includes some other etymological sources], Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
  2. Kylstra, A.D.; Hahmo, Sirkka-Liisa; Hofstra, Tette; Nikkilä, Otto. 1991–2012. Lexikon der älteren germanischen Lehnwörter in den ostseefinnischen Sprachen. Amsterdam: Rodopi.

Karelian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish hoppu (“hurry, hustle”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

hoppu

  1. quarrel
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