Possibly Swedish karbas; originally Helsinki slang in the form karbaasi and repopularized by the Finnish skier Jari Isometsä in the 1990s.
karpaasi (colloquial)
| Inflection of karpaasi (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | karpaasi | karpaasit | |
| genitive | karpaasin | karpaasien | |
| partitive | karpaasia | karpaaseja | |
| illative | karpaasiin | karpaaseihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | karpaasi | karpaasit | |
| accusative | nom. | karpaasi | karpaasit |
| gen. | karpaasin | ||
| genitive | karpaasin | karpaasien | |
| partitive | karpaasia | karpaaseja | |
| inessive | karpaasissa | karpaaseissa | |
| elative | karpaasista | karpaaseista | |
| illative | karpaasiin | karpaaseihin | |
| adessive | karpaasilla | karpaaseilla | |
| ablative | karpaasilta | karpaaseilta | |
| allative | karpaasille | karpaaseille | |
| essive | karpaasina | karpaaseina | |
| translative | karpaasiksi | karpaaseiksi | |
| abessive | karpaasitta | karpaaseitta | |
| instructive | — | karpaasein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||