papu

See also: papú

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *papu, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *bobъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑpu/, [ˈpɑpu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpu
  • Syllabification(key): pa‧pu

Noun

papu

  1. bean (edible seed or pod of plants of several genera of Fabaceae)
  2. bean (similar seed of some other plants, e.g. coffee)
  3. common bean (plant Phaseolus vulgaris; short for tarhapapu)
  4. (informal) muscle, especially the biceps

Declension
Inflection of papu (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation)
nominative papu pavut
genitive pavun papujen
partitive papua papuja
illative papuun papuihin
singular plural
nominative papu pavut
accusative nom. papu pavut
gen. pavun
genitive pavun papujen
partitive papua papuja
inessive pavussa pavuissa
elative pavusta pavuista
illative papuun papuihin
adessive pavulla pavuilla
ablative pavulta pavuilta
allative pavulle pavuille
essive papuna papuina
translative pavuksi pavuiksi
instructive — pavuin
abessive pavutta pavuitta
comitative — papuineen
Possessive forms of papu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person papuni papumme
2nd person papusi papunne
3rd person papunsa

Derived terms

Ingrian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1
Papuloja.

From Proto-Finnic *papu. Cognates include Finnish papu and Veps babu.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpɑpu/, [ˈpɑpu]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpɑpu/, [ˈpɑb̥u]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpu
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pu

Noun

papu

  1. bean
Declension
Declension of papu (type 4/koivu, p-v gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative papu pavut
genitive pavun pappuin, papuloin
partitive pappua papuja, papuloja
illative pappuu pappui, papuloihe
inessive pavus papuis, papulois
elative pavust papuist, papuloist
allative pavulle papuille, papuloille
adessive pavul papuil, papuloil
ablative pavult papuilt, papuloilt
translative pavuks papuiks, papuloiks
essive papunna, pappuun papuinna, papuloinna, pappuin, papuloin
exessive1) papunt papuint, papuloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Etymology 2
Pojil tiuketaa pappua (1).

Borrowed from Russian бабки (babki), perhaps influenced by Etymology 1 due to knucklebones' resemblance to beans.

Pronunciation
  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpɑpu/, [ˈpɑpu]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpɑpu/, [ˈpɑb̥u]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpu
  • Hyphenation: pa‧pu

Noun

papu

  1. knucklebones: a traditional game, in which ten knucklebones are set in a row and players try to topple them by throwing another bone against them from a distance.
  2. knucklebone (used in a game of knucklebones)
Declension
Declension of papu (type 4/koivu, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative papu paput
genitive papun pappuin, papuloin
partitive pappua papuja, papuloja
illative pappuu pappui, papuloihe
inessive papus papuis, papulois
elative papust papuist, papuloist
allative papulle papuille, papuloille
adessive papul papuil, papuloil
ablative papult papuilt, papuloilt
translative papuks papuiks, papuloiks
essive papunna, pappuun papuinna, papuloinna, pappuin, papuloin
exessive1) papunt papuint, papuloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 369

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpapu]

Noun

papu m

  1. accusative singular of papa
  2. instrumental singular of papa

Noun

papu f

  1. accusative singular of papa
  2. instrumental singular of papa

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.pu/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -apu
  • Syllabification: pa‧pu

Noun

papu n (indeclinable)

  1. (childish or humorous) food
    Synonym: jedzenie

Further reading
  • papu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • papu in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unami

Etymology

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Verb

papu (animate intransitive)

  1. (animate, intransitive) he/she plays
present indicative conjugation of papu
papi
1st person singular mpapi
2nd person singular kpapi
3rd person singular papu
1st person plural inclusive mpapihëna
1st person plural exclusive kpapihëna
2nd person plural kpapihëmo
3rd person plural papiyòk

References
  • Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “papu”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

West Makian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pa.ˈpu/

Noun

papu

  1. Alternative form of paapu (“knee, elbow, corner”)

References
  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as papú)
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