noppa
Finnish
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly related to nopea. First attested in 1826 in a dictionary.[1] Cognate with Livvi ńoppa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnopːɑ/, [ˈno̞pːɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -opːɑ
- Syllabification(key): nop‧pa
- Hyphenation(key): nop‧pa
Noun
noppa
- a die (random result generating object, usually a polyhedron, used in games)
- (university slang) credit, academic credit, course credit
Declension
| Inflection of noppa (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | noppa | nopat | |
| genitive | nopan | noppien | |
| partitive | noppaa | noppia | |
| illative | noppaan | noppiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | noppa | nopat | |
| accusative | nom. | noppa | nopat |
| gen. | nopan | ||
| genitive | nopan | noppien noppain rare | |
| partitive | noppaa | noppia | |
| inessive | nopassa | nopissa | |
| elative | nopasta | nopista | |
| illative | noppaan | noppiin | |
| adessive | nopalla | nopilla | |
| ablative | nopalta | nopilta | |
| allative | nopalle | nopille | |
| essive | noppana | noppina | |
| translative | nopaksi | nopiksi | |
| abessive | nopatta | nopitta | |
| instructive | — | nopin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
- (course credit): opintopiste, suorituspiste
Hyponyms
- (die): arpakuutio
Derived terms
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
- “noppa”, 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 3 July 2023
Anagrams
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔpa/
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Swedish noppa, from Old Norse *hnoppa, from Proto-Germanic *hnuppô.
Noun
noppa c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | noppa | noppas |
| definite | noppan | noppans | |
| plural | indefinite | noppor | noppors |
| definite | nopporna | noppornas |
Derived terms
- noppare (“fabric shaver”)
- noppbortagare (“fabric shaver”)
Etymology 2
Disputed. Possibly inherited from Proto-Germanic *hnuppōną (“tear off”). Possibly verbification of the noun. Compare origin of nypa.
Verb
noppa (present noppar, preterite noppade, supine noppat, imperative noppa)
- to pick (usually pills from the surface of a textile, or eyebrows), (of eyebrows) to pluck
- noppa ögonbrynen
- pluck one's eyebrows
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | noppa | noppas | ||
| supine | noppat | noppats | ||
| imperative | noppa | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | noppen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | noppar | noppade | noppas | noppades |
| ind. plural1 | noppa | noppade | noppas | noppades |
| subjunctive2 | noppe | noppade | noppes | noppades |
| present participle | noppande | |||
| past participle | noppad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
- noppig
- noppning
References
- noppa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- noppa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- noppa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- noppa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Wolof
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔpːa/
Noun
noppa