kyrpä
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kürpä (compare Estonian kürb, Ingrian kyrpä, Karelian kyrpä, Ludian kürb, Votic tšürpä (Pummala)). The word is first attested in the writings of Christfrid Ganander in 1786,[1] with its first appearance in a dictionary dating back to 1848.[2] The word is sometimes said to have originally referred to a lone, tall pine tree, or alternately a strong branch on a pine top, such as formed when the top was damaged but remained attached, and a side branch started growing upward at the spot. In light of the notes above, this appears to be an urban legend; it is more likely that the pine-related usage is a later development than the sexually related one.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkyrpæ/, [ˈkyrpæ]
- Rhymes: -yrpæ
- Syllabification(key): kyr‧pä
Noun
kyrpä
Declension
| Inflection of kyrpä (Kotus type 10*E/koira, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kyrpä | kyrvät | |
| genitive | kyrvän | kyrpien | |
| partitive | kyrpää | kyrpiä | |
| illative | kyrpään | kyrpiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kyrpä | kyrvät | |
| accusative | nom. | kyrpä | kyrvät |
| gen. | kyrvän | ||
| genitive | kyrvän | kyrpien kyrpäinrare | |
| partitive | kyrpää | kyrpiä | |
| inessive | kyrvässä | kyrvissä | |
| elative | kyrvästä | kyrvistä | |
| illative | kyrpään | kyrpiin | |
| adessive | kyrvällä | kyrvillä | |
| ablative | kyrvältä | kyrviltä | |
| allative | kyrvälle | kyrville | |
| essive | kyrpänä | kyrpinä | |
| translative | kyrväksi | kyrviksi | |
| instructive | — | kyrvin | |
| abessive | kyrvättä | kyrvittä | |
| comitative | — | kyrpineen | |
| Possessive forms of kyrpä (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kyrpäni | kyrpämme |
| 2nd person | kyrpäsi | kyrpänne |
| 3rd person | kyrpänsä | |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- verbs: kyrpiä, kyrpiintyä, kyrvähtää
References
- 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
- Johan Fredrik Wallin. Suomen- Wenäjän- ja Ruotsin-kielinen Sana-kirja ("Finnish-Russian-Swedish Dictionary", 1848), p. 360, printed in Hämeenlinna by S. Nordenswan
Further reading
- "kyrpä" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).
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