leppe

Estonian

Noun

leppe

  1. partitive plural of lepp

Norwegian Bokmål
lepper

Noun

leppe m or f (definite singular leppa or leppen, indefinite plural lepper, definite plural leppene)

  1. lip (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

leppe f (definite singular leppa, indefinite plural lepper, definite plural leppene)

  1. a lip

Derived terms

References

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *leppä. Cognates include Finnish leppä and Estonian lepp.

Pronunciation
  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlepːæ/, [ˈlepːə]
  • Rhymes: -epːæ
  • Hyphenation: lep‧pe

Noun

leppe

  1. alder

Inflection
Declension of leppe (type VIII/päive, pp-p gradation)
singular plural
nominative leppe lepäd
genitive lepä leppije, leppi
partitive leppä leppite, leppi
illative leppä, leppäse leppije, leppise
inessive lepäz leppiz
elative lepässe leppisse
allative lepäle leppile
adessive lepälle leppille
ablative lepälte leppilte
translative lepässi leppissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References
  • V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎, 2 edition, Tallinn
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