kopista

From Proto-Finnic *kobistak, from an onomatopoeic root; kop- +‎ -ista. The strong grade -p- was levelled to all forms.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopistɑˣ/,
• Rhymes: -opistɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧pis‧ta

kopista (intransitive)

1. to clop (to produce the sound of, for example, a horse walking on cobblestones, footsteps, shoes on pavement, high-heeled shoes)
2. to knock, thud (to make a knocking sound)

• koputtaa

• “kopista”, 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 2023-07-01

• IPA^(key): /ˈkopistɑ/,
• Rhymes: -opistɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧pis‧ta

kopista

1. elative singular of koppi

• pakosti

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin copista.

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈpis.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: ko‧pis‧ta

kopista m pers (female equivalent kopistka)

1. (historical) copyist, copier

   Synonyms: przepisywacz, skryba, skryptor

• kopista in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kopista in Polish dictionaries at PWN