kurppa

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Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Originally the term was not as precise and was used of different species.[1] May also be related to kurmitsa, which could be from the same root.

Pronunciation

Noun

kurppa

  1. snipe (any bird of the genus Gallinago, belonging to the family Scolopacidae)
  2. snipe, woodcock (birds in the related genera Scolopax, Coenocorypha and Lymnocryptes, belonging to the family Scolopacidae)
  3. (taxonomy, in the plural) Scolopacidae (the family of sandpipers and snipes)
  4. (taxonomy, in the plural) Gallinago (genus of snipes within the family Scolopacidae)

Usage notes

Declension

Inflection of kurppa (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation)
nominative kurppa kurpat
genitive kurpan kurppien
partitive kurppaa kurppia
illative kurppaan kurppiin
singular plural
nominative kurppa kurpat
accusative nom. kurppa kurpat
gen. kurpan
genitive kurpan kurppien
kurppain rare
partitive kurppaa kurppia
inessive kurpassa kurpissa
elative kurpasta kurpista
illative kurppaan kurppiin
adessive kurpalla kurpilla
ablative kurpalta kurpilta
allative kurpalle kurpille
essive kurppana kurppina
translative kurpaksi kurpiksi
abessive kurpatta kurpitta
instructive kurpin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kurppa (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kurppani kurppani
accusative nom. kurppani kurppani
gen. kurppani
genitive kurppani kurppieni
kurppaini rare
partitive kurppaani kurppiani
inessive kurpassani kurpissani
elative kurpastani kurpistani
illative kurppaani kurppiini
adessive kurpallani kurpillani
ablative kurpaltani kurpiltani
allative kurpalleni kurpilleni
essive kurppanani kurppinani
translative kurpakseni kurpikseni
abessive kurpattani kurpittani
instructive
comitative kurppineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kurppasi kurppasi
accusative nom. kurppasi kurppasi
gen. kurppasi
genitive kurppasi kurppiesi
kurppaisi rare
partitive kurppaasi kurppiasi
inessive kurpassasi kurpissasi
elative kurpastasi kurpistasi
illative kurppaasi kurppiisi
adessive kurpallasi kurpillasi
ablative kurpaltasi kurpiltasi
allative kurpallesi kurpillesi
essive kurppanasi kurppinasi
translative kurpaksesi kurpiksesi
abessive kurpattasi kurpittasi
instructive
comitative kurppinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kurppamme kurppamme
accusative nom. kurppamme kurppamme
gen. kurppamme
genitive kurppamme kurppiemme
kurppaimme rare
partitive kurppaamme kurppiamme
inessive kurpassamme kurpissamme
elative kurpastamme kurpistamme
illative kurppaamme kurppiimme
adessive kurpallamme kurpillamme
ablative kurpaltamme kurpiltamme
allative kurpallemme kurpillemme
essive kurppanamme kurppinamme
translative kurpaksemme kurpiksemme
abessive kurpattamme kurpittamme
instructive
comitative kurppinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kurppanne kurppanne
accusative nom. kurppanne kurppanne
gen. kurppanne
genitive kurppanne kurppienne
kurppainne rare
partitive kurppaanne kurppianne
inessive kurpassanne kurpissanne
elative kurpastanne kurpistanne
illative kurppaanne kurppiinne
adessive kurpallanne kurpillanne
ablative kurpaltanne kurpiltanne
allative kurpallenne kurpillenne
essive kurppananne kurppinanne
translative kurpaksenne kurpiksenne
abessive kurpattanne kurpittanne
instructive
comitative kurppinenne

Hyponyms

birds of the genus Gallinago:

Derived terms

compounds

See also

birds in other genera:

References

  1. ^ Häkkinen, Kaisa (2013) Suomalaisen linnunnimistön etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Finnish Bird Names] (Turun yliopiston suomen kielen ja suomalais-ugrilaisen kielentutkimuksen oppiaineen julkaisuja 4) (in Finnish), Turku: University of Turku, →ISBN

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