pippuri

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Swedish piper, pipper (perhaps adapted with -uri), from Old Norse piparr, from Latin piper (“pepper”), from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from an Indo-Aryan source; compare Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpipːuri/, [ˈpipːuri]
  • Rhymes: -ipːuri
  • Syllabification(key): pip‧pu‧ri

Noun

pippuri

  1. pepper (plant of the family Piperaceae and spice prepared from the berries of this plant)
  2. pepper, chili (as head word in a compound term may also refer to the spicy varieties of Capsicum, notably in words chilipippuri and turkinpippuri)

Declension
Inflection of pippuri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative pippuri pippurit
genitive pippurin pippurien
pippureiden
pippureitten
partitive pippuria pippureita
pippureja
illative pippuriin pippureihin
singular plural
nominative pippuri pippurit
accusative nom. pippuri pippurit
gen. pippurin
genitive pippurin pippurien
pippureiden
pippureitten
partitive pippuria pippureita
pippureja
inessive pippurissa pippureissa
elative pippurista pippureista
illative pippuriin pippureihin
adessive pippurilla pippureilla
ablative pippurilta pippureilta
allative pippurille pippureille
essive pippurina pippureina
translative pippuriksi pippureiksi
instructive — pippurein
abessive pippuritta pippureitta
comitative — pippureineen
Possessive forms of pippuri (type paperi)
possessor singular plural
1st person pippurini pippurimme
2nd person pippurisi pippurinne
3rd person pippurinsa

Derived terms

Compounds

Descendants
  • → Northern Sami: bihppor

See also
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