kilpa

Finnish

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkilpɑ/, [ˈkilpɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ilpɑ
  • Syllabification(key): kil‧pa

Noun

kilpa

  1. contest, race

Declension
Inflection of kilpa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation)
nominative kilpa kilvat
genitive kilvan kilpojen
partitive kilpaa kilpoja
illative kilpaan kilpoihin
singular plural
nominative kilpa kilvat
accusative nom. kilpa kilvat
gen. kilvan
genitive kilvan kilpojen
kilpainrare
partitive kilpaa kilpoja
inessive kilvassa kilvoissa
elative kilvasta kilvoista
illative kilpaan kilpoihin
adessive kilvalla kilvoilla
ablative kilvalta kilvoilta
allative kilvalle kilvoille
essive kilpana kilpoina
translative kilvaksi kilvoiksi
instructive — kilvoin
abessive kilvatta kilvoitta
comitative — kilpoineen
Possessive forms of kilpa (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person kilpani kilpamme
2nd person kilpasi kilpanne
3rd person kilpansa

Synonyms

Anagrams

Lithuanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲɪlpɐ]

Noun

kìlpa f (plural kìlpos) stress pattern 1 [1][2]

  1. loop, noose
  2. (in the plural) trap
  3. buttonhole
  4. stirrup
  5. oarlock (US), rowlock (UK)[1]
  6. meander

Declension
declension of kilpa
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) kìlpa kìlpos
genitive (kilmininkas) kìlpos kìlpų
dative (naudininkas) kìlpai kìlpoms
accusative (galininkas) kìlpą kìlpas
instrumental (įnagininkas) kìlpa kìlpomis
locative (vietininkas) kìlpoje kìlpose
vocative (šauksmininkas) kìlpa kìlpos

Synonyms
  • (trap): pinklės f pl, žabangos f pl
  • (stirrup): balnakilpė f
  • (meander): vingis m, meandra f

Derived terms
nouns derived from kilpa
  • (diminutive noun) kilpelė f
  • balnakilpė f

References
  1. “kilpa” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  2. “kilpa” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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