happ- (“sour, acidic”) + -o. Modern meaning "acid" coined by Finnish folklorist and linguist Daniel Europaeus in 1853, originally used more generally of sour things or of leaveners.
happo
Inflection of happo (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | happo | hapot | ||
genitive | hapon | happojen | ||
partitive | happoa | happoja | ||
illative | happoon | happoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | happo | hapot | ||
accusative | nom. | happo | hapot | |
gen. | hapon | |||
genitive | hapon | happojen | ||
partitive | happoa | happoja | ||
inessive | hapossa | hapoissa | ||
elative | haposta | hapoista | ||
illative | happoon | happoihin | ||
adessive | hapolla | hapoilla | ||
ablative | hapolta | hapoilta | ||
allative | hapolle | hapoille | ||
essive | happona | happoina | ||
translative | hapoksi | hapoiksi | ||
abessive | hapotta | hapoitta | ||
instructive | — | hapoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Borrowed from Finnish happo, equivalent to happ- (“sour”) + -o.
happo
Declension of happo (type 4/koivu, pp-p gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | happo | hapot |
genitive | hapon | happoin, happoloin |
partitive | happoa | happoja, happoloja |
illative | happoo | happoi, happoloihe |
inessive | hapos | hapois, happolois |
elative | hapost | hapoist, happoloist |
allative | hapolle | hapoille, happoloille |
adessive | hapol | hapoil, happoloil |
ablative | hapolt | hapoilt, happoloilt |
translative | hapoks | hapoiks, happoloiks |
essive | happonna, happoon | happoinna, happoloinna, happoin, happoloin |
exessive1) | happont | happoint, happoloint |
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. |
From Proto-Finnic *hap'oin. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. explain retention of initial h-, which is not regular
happo
Declension of happo (type XIII/seeme, pp-p gradation, gemination) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | happo | happomõd |
genitive | happomõ | happomijõ, happomii |
partitive | hapottõ | happomiitõ, happomii |
illative | happoma, happomaasõ | happomiisõ |
inessive | happomõz | happomiiz |
elative | happomassõ | happomiissõ |
allative | happomalõõ | happomiilõ |
adessive | happomallõ | happomiillõ |
ablative | happomaltõ | happomiiltõ |
translative | happomassi | happomiissi |
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. |