keppi
Estonian
Noun
keppi
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkepːi/, [ˈk̟e̞pːi]
- Rhymes: -epːi
- Syllabification(key): kep‧pi
- Hyphenation(key): kep‧pi
Noun
keppi
Usage notes
keppi is used for long and relatively sturdy pieces of wood. tikku is used for smaller sticks. A rule of thumb is that if a wooden stick could be used as a blunt weapon, it is a keppi and otherwise a tikku.
Declension
| Inflection of keppi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | keppi | kepit | |
| genitive | kepin | keppien | |
| partitive | keppiä | keppejä | |
| illative | keppiin | keppeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | keppi | kepit | |
| accusative | nom. | keppi | kepit |
| gen. | kepin | ||
| genitive | kepin | keppien | |
| partitive | keppiä | keppejä | |
| inessive | kepissä | kepeissä | |
| elative | kepistä | kepeistä | |
| illative | keppiin | keppeihin | |
| adessive | kepillä | kepeillä | |
| ablative | kepiltä | kepeiltä | |
| allative | kepille | kepeille | |
| essive | keppinä | keppeinä | |
| translative | kepiksi | kepeiksi | |
| abessive | kepittä | kepeittä | |
| instructive | — | kepein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “keppi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Ingrian
Etymology
Ultimately from Swedish käpp. Cognates include Finnish keppi and Estonian kepp.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkepːi/, [ˈke̞pʲː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkepːi/, [ˈke̞pːi]
- Rhymes: -epʲː, -epːi
- Hyphenation: kep‧pi
Noun
keppi
- stick, cane
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:
- Hää otti kepin kättee ja läksi mänemää uulitsaa mööt.
- He took a stick into his hand and left to go along the street.
Declension
| Declension of keppi (type 5/vahti, pp-p gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | keppi | kepit |
| genitive | kepin | keppiin, keppilöin |
| partitive | keppiä | keppijä, keppilöjä |
| illative | keppii | keppii, keppilöihe |
| inessive | kepis | keppiis, keppilöis |
| elative | kepist | keppiist, keppilöist |
| allative | kepille | keppiille, keppilöille |
| adessive | kepil | keppiil, keppilöil |
| ablative | kepilt | keppiilt, keppilöilt |
| translative | kepiks | keppiiks, keppilöiks |
| essive | keppinnä, keppiin | keppiinnä, keppilöinnä, keppiin, keppilöin |
| exessive1) | keppint | keppiint, keppilöint |
| 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. | ||
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “кеппи”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 683
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 154
Votic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈkepːi/, [ˈkepʲːi]
- Rhymes: -epːi
- Hyphenation: kep‧pi
Noun
keppi
Inflection
| Declension of keppi (type II/võrkko, pp-p gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | keppi | kepid |
| genitive | kepi | keppije, keppii |
| partitive | keppiä | keppiite, keppii |
| illative | keppise, keppi | keppiise |
| inessive | kepiz | keppiiz |
| elative | kepisse | keppiisse |
| allative | kepile | keppiile |
| adessive | kepille | keppiille |
| ablative | kepilte | keppiilte |
| translative | kepissi | keppiissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “keppi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn