kapula

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚲᚨᛒᚢᛚᚨ (*kabula), from Proto-Germanic *kablaz; compare Swedish kavel, kavle and Norwegian kavl.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑpulɑ/, [ˈkɑpulɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpulɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧pu‧la

Noun

kapula

  1. a small, solid piece of wood, often shaped for a useful function, a billet
  2. baton (in relay race)
  3. (informal) cellular, cellphone

Declension
Inflection of kapula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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
kapulainrare
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
instructive — kapuloin
abessive kapulatta kapuloitta
comitative — kapuloineen
Possessive forms of kapula (type kulkija)
possessor singular plural
1st person kapulani kapulamme
2nd person kapulasi kapulanne
3rd person kapulansa

Synonyms

Derived terms

Idioms
  • kapuloita rattaisiin

See also

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. Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
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