korpi

See also: Korpi

Finnish

From Proto-Finnic *korpi (“deep forest”) (compare Estonian kõrb, Livvi korbi (“big spruce forest”), Veps korb), possibly from Proto-Uralic *korpe, in which case cognate with Erzya куро (kuro), Khanty [script needed] (χăr), Western Mansi [script needed] (kōrp) and Forest Nenets [script needed] (kurᵊ).[1].

korpi

deep forest, wooded wilderness
Synonym: korpimaa

Hypernym: erämaa (“wasteland, wilderness”)
1. (colloquial) an area remote from dense population; backwoods, backwater, the sticks
(ecology) coniferous swamp (a boreal forest type appearing on moist moraine soils, characterized by dense growth of spruce as the dominating tree species and deep layer of moss as undergrowth; acting often as a transition zone between a dried kangas (“boreal forest”) and various types of suo (“swamp”))
Synonym: korpimaa
(obsolete) desert
Synonym: see aavikko

Inflection of korpi (Kotus type 7E/ovi, p-v* gradation)
nominative		korpi	korvet
genitive		korven	korpien
partitive		korpea	korpia
illative		korpeen	korpiin
		singular	plural
nominative		korpi	korvet
accusative	nom.	korpi	korvet
accusative	gen.	korven	korvet
genitive		korven	korpien
partitive		korpea	korpia
inessive		korvessa	korvissa
elative		korvesta	korvista
illative		korpeen	korpiin
adessive		korvella	korvilla
ablative		korvelta	korvilta
allative		korvelle	korville
essive		korpena	korpina
translative		korveksi	korviksi
instructive		—	korvin
abessive		korvetta	korvitta
comitative		—	korpineen

Possessive forms of korpi (type ovi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	korpeni	korpemme
2nd person	korpesi	korpenne
3rd person	korpensa

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

korpi

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.