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Originally Trinidad English, an alteration of kaiso, perhaps ultimately of African origin; Allsopp 1996 suggests Ibibio ka iso (“come on”), used to urge dancers on. The spelling reflects a later folk-etymological assimilation with the mythological name Calypso.
calypso (countable and uncountable, plural calypsos or calypsoes)
calypso (third-person singular simple present calypsos, present participle calypsoing, simple past and past participle calypsoed)
From Latin, itself from Ancient Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsṓ, “name of a sea nymph”)
calypso (countable and uncountable, plural calypsos or calypsoes)
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calypso
Inflection of calypso (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | calypso | calypsot | |
genitive | calypson | calypsojen calypsoiden calypsoitten | |
partitive | calypsoa | calypsoja calypsoita | |
illative | calypsoon | calypsoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | calypso | calypsot | |
accusative | nom. | calypso | calypsot |
gen. | calypson | ||
genitive | calypson | calypsojen calypsoiden calypsoitten | |
partitive | calypsoa | calypsoja calypsoita | |
inessive | calypsossa | calypsoissa | |
elative | calypsosta | calypsoista | |
illative | calypsoon | calypsoihin | |
adessive | calypsolla | calypsoilla | |
ablative | calypsolta | calypsoilta | |
allative | calypsolle | calypsoille | |
essive | calypsona | calypsoina | |
translative | calypsoksi | calypsoiksi | |
abessive | calypsotta | calypsoitta | |
instructive | — | calypsoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
calypso m (plural calypsos)
Borrowed from English calypso.
calypso n (plural calypsouri)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) calypso | calypsoul | (niște) calypsouri | calypsourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) calypso | calypsoului | (unor) calypsouri | calypsourilor |
vocative | calypsoule | calypsourilor |
calypso c
Declension of calypso | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | calypso | calypson | calypsor | calypsorna |
Genitive | calypsos | calypsons | calypsors | calypsornas |