Lappi
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Region of Lapland (red) on the map of Finland (sense 2). 
Historical region
See also: lappi
Finnish
Etymology
From Lappa- + -i (compare lappalainen). There are two main theories on the origin of this word:[1]
- Swedish lapp (“patch”), as a calque of the Sami endonym represented by e.g. vuowjoš (1743 hapax legomenon in the Sami variety spoken in or around Tornio, seemingly derived from the same word whence also Lule Sami vuojvve (“patch (of textile), gusset”))
- related to lape, (dialectal) lappea, originally in the meaning "remote place" (compare Moksha лапш (lapš), Erzya лапужа (lapuža, “flat”))
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lappi
- (uncountable) Lapland (geographical area that covers the northmost parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland plus a Northwestern corner of Russia)
- (uncountable) Lapland (the northernmost maakunta (“region”) of Finland)
- A former municipality of Satakunta, Finland, merged with Rauma in 2009.
- Any of a number of small places in Finland outside Lapland (named for ancient Sami residence).
- a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname derived from lappi (“a Sami”)
Declension
| Inflection of Lappi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Lappi | — | |
| genitive | Lapin | — | |
| partitive | Lappia | — | |
| illative | Lappiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Lappi | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Lappi | — |
| gen. | Lapin | ||
| genitive | Lapin | — | |
| partitive | Lappia | — | |
| inessive | Lapissa | — | |
| elative | Lapista | — | |
| illative | Lappiin | — | |
| adessive | Lapilla | — | |
| ablative | Lapilta | — | |
| allative | Lapille | — | |
| essive | Lappina | — | |
| translative | Lapiksi | — | |
| abessive | Lapitta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Derived terms
- lapikas
- lapinharakka
- lapinhullu
- Lapinjärvi
- Lapinkangas
- lapinkeltaperhonen
- lapinkirvinen
- lapinkoira
- lapinkylä
- lapinkävijä
- Lapinlahti
- Lapinlampi
- lapinleinikki
- lapinleuku
- Lapinmaa
- lapinmyyrä
- Lapinniemi
- lapinnokiperhonen
- Lapinoja
- lapinpaimenkoira
- lapinporokoira
- lapinpuku
- lapinpöllö
- lapinraanu
- lapinraunio
- lapinrousku
- lapinsara
- lapinsirkku
- lapinsirppisammal
- lapinsirri
- lapintiainen
- lapintiira
- lapinuunilintu
- lapinverkkoperhonen
- lapinvuokko
- Lappajärvi
- lappalainen
- lappilainen
- Metsä-Lappi
- ruotsinlapinkoira
- Tunturi-Lappi
Statistics
- Lappi is the 654th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 1,317 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
References
- ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN