urpa
Catalan
Etymology
Perhaps an alteration of arpa (“harp”) influenced by ungla (“nail”).
Pronunciation
Noun
urpa f (plural urpes)
- claw
- Synonym: garra
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
- Podia sentir els seus lladrucs, allà baix. Amb prou feines vaig veure l'urpa que atacava el tercer quinqué.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- urpar
- urpejar
- urpir
Further reading
- “urpa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “urpa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *urpa. Cognates include dialectal Finnish urpa and Estonian urb.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈurpɑ/, [ˈurp]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈurpɑ/, [ˈurb̥ɑ]
- Rhymes: -urp, -urpɑ
- Hyphenation: ur‧pa
Noun
urpa
Declension
| Declension of urpa (type 3/koira, p-v gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | urpa | urvat |
| genitive | urvan | urpiin |
| partitive | urpaa | urpia |
| illative | urpaa | urpii |
| inessive | urvaas | urviis |
| elative | urvast | urvist |
| allative | urvalle | urville |
| adessive | urvaal | urviil |
| ablative | urvalt | urvilt |
| translative | urvaks | urviks |
| essive | urpanna, urpaan | urpinna, urpiin |
| exessive1) | urpant | urpint |
| 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. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 624