korpi
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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *korpi (“deep forest”) (compare Estonian kõrb, Livvi korbi (“big spruce forest”), Veps korb), possibly from Proto-Uralic *korpe, in which case cognate with Erzya куро (kuro), Northern Khanty (χăr), Western Mansi (kōrp) and Forest Nenets (kurᵊ).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
korpi
- deep forest, wooded wilderness
- (colloquial) an area remote from dense population; backwoods, backwater, the sticks
- (ecology) coniferous swamp (a boreal forest type appearing on moist moraine soils, characterized by dense growth of spruce as the dominating tree species and deep layer of moss as undergrowth; acting often as a transition zone between a dried kangas (“boreal forest”) and various types of suo (“swamp”))
- Synonym: korpimaa
- (obsolete) desert
- Synonyms: see aavikko
Declension
| Inflection of korpi (Kotus type 7*E/ovi, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | korpi | korvet | |
| genitive | korven | korpien | |
| partitive | korpea | korpia | |
| illative | korpeen | korpiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | korpi | korvet | |
| accusative | nom. | korpi | korvet |
| gen. | korven | ||
| genitive | korven | korpien | |
| partitive | korpea | korpia | |
| inessive | korvessa | korvissa | |
| elative | korvesta | korvista | |
| illative | korpeen | korpiin | |
| adessive | korvella | korvilla | |
| ablative | korvelta | korvilta | |
| allative | korvelle | korville | |
| essive | korpena | korpina | |
| translative | korveksi | korviksi | |
| abessive | korvetta | korvitta | |
| instructive | — | korvin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
- Hautakorpi
- Hämeenkorpi
- Isokorpi
- kangaskorpi
- Karhukorpi
- Keski-Korpi
- Korpela
- Korpiaho
- korpihapero
- korpihotelli
- korpi-imarre
- Korpijärvi
- korpikenttä
- korpikommunismi
- Korpikoski
- korpikuusi
- Korpilahti
- korpilaki
- korpilakko
- korpilakkoilu
- Korpilompolo
- korpimaa
- korpimaisema
- korpimantelihapero
- korpimetso
- korpimetsä
- Korpimäki
- Korpinen
- korpiniitty
- korpipaatsama
- korpipäästäinen
- korpirastas
- korpiroju
- korpirousku
- Korpisaari
- Korpisalo
- korpisara
- korpiseitikki
- Korpiselkä
- korpisieppari
- korpisoturi
- korpisuo
- korpisärki
- korpitaipale
- korpitaival
- Korpivaara
- korpivaellus
- korpivoirousku
- Korvenoja
- Korvenpää
- korvenraivaaja
- Korvenranta
- lehtokorpi
- Leppäkorpi
- lettokorpi
- Lähdekorpi
- nevakorpi
- Niemikorpi
- Peltokorpi
- Rautakorpi
- ruohokorpi
- Salokorpi
- Ylikorpi
- Yläkorpi
References
- ^ Aikio, Ante: Studies in Uralic Etymology II: Finnic Etymologies (2014)
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Further reading
- “korpi”, 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
Ido
Pronunciation
Noun
korpi
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *korpi. Cognates include Finnish korpi and Estonian kõrb.
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkorpi/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkorpi/,
- Rhymes: -orpʲ, -orpi
- Hyphenation: kor‧pi
Noun
korpi
- deep forest
- 1916, V. Alava, quoting Naastoi (Säätinältä), “2279. Soikkola, Säätinä, VII449”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot, volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 6-7:
- Jottei korpi koohuttais', // Metsän hirvo(i) hervittäis'.
- So that the woods wouldn't be disturbed, // So that the forest's moose wouldn't be feared.
Declension
| Declension of korpi (type 5/lehti, p-v gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | korpi | korvet |
| genitive | korven | korpiin, korpiloin |
| partitive | korpia | korpija, korpiloja |
| illative | korpee | korpii, korpiloihe |
| inessive | korvees | korviis, korpilois |
| elative | korvest | korvist, korpiloist |
| allative | korvelle | korville, korpiloille |
| adessive | korveel | korviil, korpiloil |
| ablative | korvelt | korvilt, korpiloilt |
| translative | korveks | korviks, korpiloiks |
| essive | korpenna, korpeen | korpinna, korpiloinna, korpiin, korpiloin |
| exessive1) | korpent | korpint, korpiloint |
| 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. | ||