kupla
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kupla, probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kupla. Related to Estonian kubel, Southern Sami gåbloe (“lung”), Karelian kupla, Livvi kubl and probably Inari Sami koble (“roe pouch”), Eastern Mari кувыл (kuvyl, “bubbles on the water surface, due to rain”) and Southern Mansi (kɛ̮wl-, “to swim, to float”), possibly also Hungarian hólyag (“bladder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kupla
- bubble (spherically contained volume of air or other gas)
- bubble (spherical cavity in a solid material)
- bubble (anything resembling a hollow sphere)
- bubble (economics: period of intense speculation in a market)
- Synonym: talouskupla
- bubble (anything lacking firmness or solidity)
- bubble (something or somebody who just seemingly is what is supposed, but in fact does have nothing or little to fulfill expectancies)
- (informal) a Volkswagen Beetle automobile (may be capitalized)
Declension
| Inflection of kupla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kupla | kuplat | |
| genitive | kuplan | kuplien | |
| partitive | kuplaa | kuplia | |
| illative | kuplaan | kupliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kupla | kuplat | |
| accusative | nom. | kupla | kuplat |
| gen. | kuplan | ||
| genitive | kuplan | kuplien kuplain rare | |
| partitive | kuplaa | kuplia | |
| inessive | kuplassa | kuplissa | |
| elative | kuplasta | kuplista | |
| illative | kuplaan | kupliin | |
| adessive | kuplalla | kuplilla | |
| ablative | kuplalta | kuplilta | |
| allative | kuplalle | kuplille | |
| essive | kuplana | kuplina | |
| translative | kuplaksi | kupliksi | |
| abessive | kuplatta | kuplitta | |
| instructive | — | kuplin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (Beetle): kuplavolkkari
Derived terms
compounds
Interjection
kupla (childish)
- snap, jinx (used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously)
- Synonyms: smurffi, smurffilukko, smurffattu
Further reading
- “kupla”, 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