ampua

From Proto-Finnic *ampudak, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ampɜ-.^[1] Probably cognate to Erzya аволдамс (avoldams, “to swing”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmpuɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑmpuɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): am‧pua

ampua

1. (transitive) to shoot (fire a projectile or a weapon that fires a projectile)

   Ammuin sinua.

   I shot (at) you.

   Ammuin sinut.

   I shot (and killed) you.

2. (transitive, informal) to explode, blast, especially to blast rock

   Synonym: räjäyttää

3. (sports, informal) to shoot (attempt to score a goal in a ball game)

   Synonyms: laukaista, laukoa

• (to shoot): This verb may be telic (take an accusative object) or atelic (take a partitive object). The former implies shooting to death and the latter not to death, unless otherwise specified. Further emphasis can be made if necessary:

  ampua kuoliaaksi ― to shoot dead

  ampua (jotakuta) kohti (with the implication of missing) ― to shoot at (someone)

• “ampua”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• ampoua (Piemontais)

Borrowed from Gallo-Italic, compare Piedmontese àmpola, Lombard ampon, Venetan ampoma, ampómola.

ampua f (plural ampues) (ORB, broad)

1. raspberry

• framboise in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• ampua in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

From Proto-Finnic *ampudak. Cognates include Finnish ampua and Veps ampta.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmpuɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmpuɑ/,
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmpuɑk/,
• Rhymes: -ɑmpoː, -ɑmpuɑ
• Hyphenation: am‧pu‧a

ampua

1. (transitive) to shoot
   • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:

     Poika ampui lintua.

     The boy shot the bird.

     (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 18:

     Repo repi kanan. Miko ammu repo!

     The fox snatches the hen. Miko shoot the fox!

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 36:

     Jahtimees pyssynkä ampui jäniksen.

     The hunter shot a hare with a gun.

2. (transitive) to strike
3. (transitive, usually atelic) to request
4. (intransitive) to shoot, fire

• In the sense "to shoot", the partitive is used in order to denote a shot that wounded the target, and the accusative is used to denote a shot that killed the target:

  Miä ammuin reppoa, mut en jaksant tappaa. ― I shot at the fox, but couldn't kill it.

  Miä ammuin jäniksen ja söin hänen. ― I shot the hare and ate it.

• (to request): kyssyä
• (to fire): paukuttaa

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 15
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 20

From Proto-Finnic *ampudak (possibly through Ingrian or Finnish), from Proto-Finno-Permic *ampɜ-.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmpuɑ̯/,
• Rhymes: -ɑmpuɑ̯
• Hyphenation: am‧pua

ampua

1. to shoot, fire
2. (of thunder) to strike
3. (of insects) to sting

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ampua”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn