keppi
keppi
keppi is used for long and relatively sturdy pieces of wood. tikku is used for smaller sticks. A rule of thumb is that if a wooden stick could be used as a blunt weapon, it is a keppi and otherwise a tikku.
| Inflection of keppi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | keppi | kepit | ||
| genitive | kepin | keppien | ||
| partitive | keppiä | keppejä | ||
| illative | keppiin | keppeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | keppi | kepit | ||
| accusative | nom. | keppi | kepit | |
| gen. | kepin | |||
| genitive | kepin | keppien | ||
| partitive | keppiä | keppejä | ||
| inessive | kepissä | kepeissä | ||
| elative | kepistä | kepeistä | ||
| illative | keppiin | keppeihin | ||
| adessive | kepillä | kepeillä | ||
| ablative | kepiltä | kepeiltä | ||
| allative | kepille | kepeille | ||
| essive | keppinä | keppeinä | ||
| translative | kepiksi | kepeiksi | ||
| abessive | kepittä | kepeittä | ||
| instructive | — | kepein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Ultimately from Swedish käpp. Cognates include Finnish keppi and Estonian kepp.
keppi
| Declension of keppi (type 5/vahti, pp-p gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | keppi | kepit |
| genitive | kepin | keppiin, keppilöin |
| partitive | keppiä | keppijä, keppilöjä |
| illative | keppii | keppii, keppilöihe |
| inessive | kepis | keppiis, keppilöis |
| elative | kepist | keppiist, keppilöist |
| allative | kepille | keppiille, keppilöille |
| adessive | kepil | keppiil, keppilöil |
| ablative | kepilt | keppiilt, keppilöilt |
| translative | kepiks | keppiiks, keppilöiks |
| essive | keppinnä, keppiin | keppiinnä, keppilöinnä, keppiin, keppilöin |
| exessive1) | keppint | keppiint, keppilöint |
| 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. | ||
keppi
| Declension of keppi (type II/võrkko, pp-p gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | keppi | kepid |
| genitive | kepi | keppije, keppi |
| partitive | keppiä | keppite, keppi |
| illative | keppise, keppi | keppise |
| inessive | kepiz | keppiz |
| elative | kepisse | keppisse |
| allative | kepile | keppile |
| adessive | kepille | keppille |
| ablative | kepilte | keppilte |
| translative | kepissi | keppissi |
| *) 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. | ||