humppa

English

Etymology

From Finnish humppa. Doublet of oom-pah.

Noun

humppa (countable and uncountable, plural humppas)

  1. A type of music from Finland, related to jazz and very fast foxtrot.
  2. Any of certain social dances.

Finnish

Etymology

Adapted from a German onomatopoeic description of a tuba playing, compare English oom-pah.[1] The word was originally used in the name of an ensemble, the music genre of which was later named after them.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhumpːɑ/, [ˈhumpːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -umpːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): hump‧pa
  • Hyphenation(key): hump‧pa

Noun

humppa

  1. humppa

Declension

Inflection of humppa (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation)
nominative humppa humpat
genitive humpan humppien
partitive humppaa humppia
illative humppaan humppiin
singular plural
nominative humppa humpat
accusative nom. humppa humpat
gen. humpan
genitive humpan humppien
humppain rare
partitive humppaa humppia
inessive humpassa humpissa
elative humpasta humpista
illative humppaan humppiin
adessive humpalla humpilla
ablative humpalta humpilta
allative humpalle humpille
essive humppana humppina
translative humpaksi humpiksi
abessive humpatta humpitta
instructive — humpin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of humppa (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative humppani humppani
accusative nom. humppani humppani
gen. humppani
genitive humppani humppieni
humppaini rare
partitive humppaani humppiani
inessive humpassani humpissani
elative humpastani humpistani
illative humppaani humppiini
adessive humpallani humpillani
ablative humpaltani humpiltani
allative humpalleni humpilleni
essive humppanani humppinani
translative humpakseni humpikseni
abessive humpattani humpittani
instructive — —
comitative — humppineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative humppasi humppasi
accusative nom. humppasi humppasi
gen. humppasi
genitive humppasi humppiesi
humppaisi rare
partitive humppaasi humppiasi
inessive humpassasi humpissasi
elative humpastasi humpistasi
illative humppaasi humppiisi
adessive humpallasi humpillasi
ablative humpaltasi humpiltasi
allative humpallesi humpillesi
essive humppanasi humppinasi
translative humpaksesi humpiksesi
abessive humpattasi humpittasi
instructive — —
comitative — humppinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative humppamme humppamme
accusative nom. humppamme humppamme
gen. humppamme
genitive humppamme humppiemme
humppaimme rare
partitive humppaamme humppiamme
inessive humpassamme humpissamme
elative humpastamme humpistamme
illative humppaamme humppiimme
adessive humpallamme humpillamme
ablative humpaltamme humpiltamme
allative humpallemme humpillemme
essive humppanamme humppinamme
translative humpaksemme humpiksemme
abessive humpattamme humpittamme
instructive — —
comitative — humppinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative humppanne humppanne
accusative nom. humppanne humppanne
gen. humppanne
genitive humppanne humppienne
humppainne rare
partitive humppaanne humppianne
inessive humpassanne humpissanne
elative humpastanne humpistanne
illative humppaanne humppiinne
adessive humpallanne humpillanne
ablative humpaltanne humpiltanne
allative humpallenne humpillenne
essive humppananne humppinanne
translative humpaksenne humpiksenne
abessive humpattanne humpittanne
instructive — —
comitative — humppinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative humppansa humppansa
accusative nom. humppansa humppansa
gen. humppansa
genitive humppansa humppiensa
humppainsa rare
partitive humppaansa humppiaan
humppiansa
inessive humpassaan
humpassansa 		humpissaan
humpissansa
elative humpastaan
humpastansa 		humpistaan
humpistansa
illative humppaansa humppiinsa
adessive humpallaan
humpallansa 		humpillaan
humpillansa
ablative humpaltaan
humpaltansa 		humpiltaan
humpiltansa
allative humpalleen
humpallensa 		humpilleen
humpillensa
essive humppanaan
humppanansa 		humppinaan
humppinansa
translative humpakseen
humpaksensa 		humpikseen
humpiksensa
abessive humpattaan
humpattansa 		humpittaan
humpittansa
instructive — —
comitative — humppineen
humppinensa

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: humppa

References

  1. ^ “Humppa”, in Tanssi.net‎[1] (in Finnish), unknown, archived from the original on 23 December 2016

Further reading

Anagrams

Ingrian

Etymology

Sound-symbolic.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈhumpːɑ/, [ˈhumpː]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈhumpːɑ/, [ˈhumpːɑ]
  • Rhymes: -umpː, -umpːɑ
  • Hyphenation: hump‧pa

Adjective

humppa (comparative humpamp)

  1. silly

Declension

Declension of humppa (type 3/koira, pp-p gradation)
singular plural
nominative humppa humpat
genitive humpan humppiin
partitive humppaa humppia
illative humppaa humppii
inessive humpaas humpiis
elative humpast humpist
allative humpalle humpille
adessive humpaal humpiil
ablative humpalt humpilt
translative humpaks humpiks
essive humppanna, humppaan humppinna, humppiin
exessive1) humppant humppint
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 74
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.