imukuppi
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Finnish
Etymology
imu (“suction”) + kuppi (“cup”)
Pronunciation
Noun
imukuppi
- suction cup
- sucker (organ or body part that does the sucking of octopus and some fishes)
- Synonym of viemäripumppu (“plunger”)
- (medicine) ventouse (suction cup like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths)
Declension
| Inflection of imukuppi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | imukuppi | imukupit | |
| genitive | imukupin | imukuppien | |
| partitive | imukuppia | imukuppeja | |
| illative | imukuppiin | imukuppeihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | imukuppi | imukupit | |
| accusative | nom. | imukuppi | imukupit |
| gen. | imukupin | ||
| genitive | imukupin | imukuppien | |
| partitive | imukuppia | imukuppeja | |
| inessive | imukupissa | imukupeissa | |
| elative | imukupista | imukupeista | |
| illative | imukuppiin | imukuppeihin | |
| adessive | imukupilla | imukupeilla | |
| ablative | imukupilta | imukupeilta | |
| allative | imukupille | imukupeille | |
| essive | imukuppina | imukuppeina | |
| translative | imukupiksi | imukupeiksi | |
| abessive | imukupitta | imukupeitta | |
| instructive | — | imukupein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “imukuppi”, 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