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Finnish
Etymology
From an onomatopoetic root hop-, compare hopista, hopottaa. Southern Ostrobothnian hopoo indicates *hopoi as the earlier form.
Pronunciation
Noun
hopo (dialectal)
- (mainly southwestern) fool, blabbering person
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “hopo”, in Suomen murteiden sanakirja [Dictionary of Finnish Dialects] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, incomplete, continuously updated), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2022, →ISSN.
Karelian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Variant of hepo, which is from Proto-Finnic *hëpoi. Cognate with Estonian hobu, Finnish hepo, Veps hepo, Votic õpo, Votic opo. Compare to Finnish hoputtaa (“to rush”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hopo
- (archaic) forest horse (stronger than hepo):
- 1935 SKVR XIII2 3037. Koivisto, Humaljoki, Väänänen, J. 31. 35.
Äkehille äyräsmaille. - / Sieltä Anni [?] annettiin, / Herasilmä heitettiin, / Liistehille liitettiin. / Ei jaksanut hepo vetää, / Liinaharja liikutella, / Rautakapia kannatella. / Hopo veti, vemmel notkui, / Rasva kiehu rahkehista, / Rasva rahkehen nenästä,- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1936 SKVR XIII4 10745. Kanneljärvi. Kurppa, Aino 9. 36.
Jos mie saisin minge soisin, / ruunan ruskia hovosen, / sulhon valkiaverisen,- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1937 SKVR XIII4 11808. Uusikirkko Vl. Poutanen, Else 249. 37.
Körö körö kirkkoo, / jämi jämi Jääskee, / huomeen o hopotipäivä, / tämä päi o pääsiäine. / Anna juossa jouhihännä, / kehähännä keikutella, / ptruu-truu, jottei lankijais!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1859 SKVR IV1 905. . A. Törneroos. n. 158. (127 a).
Panen parin puurii eteen. / Millä mie maa[han] vi[en], / Millä ehtosen isäin? / Panen parin harmaa eteen. / Millä sulhon mielollisen? / Tuon mie kiiotan kilolla, / Mökötillä vien mäkeen, / Hopotilla#2 haavan luo. #2 r. = metsähevoista.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1845 SKVR VII1 791. Suistamo. Eur. H, n. 92. -45.
Istusi oron rekehen, / Valjasti on viljoi varsan / Korjan kultasen etehen, / Iski virkkuista vitsalla, / Hepoa helmiruoskasella. / Lähti virkku vieremahat,[!] / Hoposut[!] helettämähän.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1847 SKVR VII2 1465. Suistamo? Polén n. 114. -47.
Ei jaksa hepo veteä, / Liina harja liikutella, / Rauta kapio kapsutella, / Vesi hovotki rutellä.[!]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
Only found in folk poetry.
Derived terms
Spanish
Verb
hopo
- only used in me hopo, first-person singular present indicative of hoparse