turpa

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turpis. Compare Italian turpe, French turpide, turpe, English turpid.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈturpa]
  • Rhymes: -urpa
  • Hyphenation: tur‧pa

Adjective

turpa

  1. (literary) very ugly
    Synonym: malbelega
    Hyponym: hida

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈturpɑ/, [ˈt̪urpɑ]
  • Rhymes: -urpɑ
  • Syllabification(key): tur‧pa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *turpa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *turpa. Cognates include Erzya турва (turva, “lip”), Western Mari тӱрвӧ (türvö, “lip”), Udmurt тырпы (tyrpy, “lip”), and Komi-Permyak тырп (tyrp, “lip”).

Noun

turpa

  1. muzzle (protruding part of an ungulate's head)
    see also kuono
  2. (colloquial, mildly vulgar) mouth, face, trap
    Pidä turpasi kiinni!
    Keep your mouth shut!
    Turpa kiinni!
    Shut your trap!
Usage notes
  • In Finnish the word turpa is chiefly used of the muzzle of herbivores, whereas kuono refers to carnivores. The snout of a pig and the trunk of e.g. an elephant are called kärsä.
Declension
Inflection of turpa (Kotus type 10*E/koira, p-v gradation)
nominative turpa turvat
genitive turvan turpien
partitive turpaa turpia
illative turpaan turpiin
singular plural
nominative turpa turvat
accusative nom. turpa turvat
gen. turvan
genitive turvan turpien
turpainrare
partitive turpaa turpia
inessive turvassa turvissa
elative turvasta turvista
illative turpaan turpiin
adessive turvalla turvilla
ablative turvalta turvilta
allative turvalle turville
essive turpana turpina
translative turvaksi turviksi
instructive — turvin
abessive turvatta turvitta
comitative — turpineen
Possessive forms of turpa (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person turpani turpamme
2nd person turpasi turpanne
3rd person turpansa
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *turpa, possibly the same as etymology 1, but this is uncertain due to the distributions of the two words not lining up.

Noun

turpa

  1. European chub, Squalius cephalus (syn. Leuciscus cephalus)
Declension
Inflection of turpa (Kotus type 10*E/koira, p-v gradation)
nominative turpa turvat
genitive turvan turpien
partitive turpaa turpia
illative turpaan turpiin
singular plural
nominative turpa turvat
accusative nom. turpa turvat
gen. turvan
genitive turvan turpien
turpainrare
partitive turpaa turpia
inessive turvassa turvissa
elative turvasta turvista
illative turpaan turpiin
adessive turvalla turvilla
ablative turvalta turvilta
allative turvalle turville
essive turpana turpina
translative turvaksi turviksi
instructive — turvin
abessive turvatta turvitta
comitative — turpineen
Possessive forms of turpa (type koira)
possessor singular plural
1st person turpani turpamme
2nd person turpasi turpanne
3rd person turpansa

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

turpā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of turpō

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *turpeda.

Pronunciation
  • (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈturpɑː/, [ˈturpɑ]
  • Rhymes: -urpɑː
  • Hyphenation: tur‧pa

Adjective

turpa

  1. swollen
  2. thick, dense

Inflection
Declension of turpa (type VI/valka, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative turpa turpad
genitive turpa turpõje, turpõjõ, turpai
partitive turpatõ turpaitõ, turpai
illative turpa, turpaasõ turpõje, turpõjõ, turpaisõ
inessive turpaz turpaiz
elative turpassõ turpaissõ
allative turpalõ turpailõ
adessive turpallõ turpaillõ
ablative turpaltõ turpailtõ
translative turpassi turpaissi
*) 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), “turpõa”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn
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