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Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *läpi, probably from Proto-Uralic (compare Eastern Mari леп (ĺep)). The noun is original; the lative and adposition contain the lative suffix + -i.
Pronunciation
Postposition
läpi (+ genitive or elative)
- through
Pallo lensi ikkunan läpi.- The ball flew through the window(, breaking it).
Kauppa on auki läpi vuoden.- The store is open through the year.
- across (from one end to another)
- Synonyms: poikki, halki
Kävelin puiston läpi.- I walked across the park.
- past, passing (such as test or examination)
Pääsitkö läpi matematiikan kokeesta?- Did you pass the math exam?
Adverb
läpi
- over (thoroughly; completely)
Käydään hanke läpi huomisessa kokouksessa.- Let's talk over the project at tomorrow's meeting.
Anna, kun ajattelen sen läpi.- Let me think that over.
Aion katsoa läpi osastomme kustannuksia.- I'm going to look over our department's expenses.
Käydään läpi 3. kohtaus alusta.- Let's go over scene 3 from the top.
Usage notes
läpi cannot take a possessive suffix; lävitse is used instead if possessive forms are desired.
Synonyms
Noun
läpi
- (rare) hole (usually for ventilation; depending on location) window, shutter, door
Neula meni lävestä.- The needle went through the hole.
Nyt pitää aukaista kaikki lävet, jotta savu poistuu.- Now we must open all the shutters so that the smoke goes away.
- (colloquial, in negative contexts) mouth, hole
Pidä läpesi pienempänä!- Shut your hole/face!
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “läpi”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01
Further reading
Ingrian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *läpi (“hole”). Cognates include Finnish läpi and Estonian läbi.
Pronunciation
Adverb
läpi
- (of motion) through
Preposition
läpi (+ genitive)
- (of motion) through
1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 5:Jos männä läpi turpian rikkaheinän, kumpa kasvaa mis ikkee entisiin hoonein sihal, ni vaattiilois leenöö tarttunt paljo rikkaheiniin plodiloja.- If you go through thick weeds, which grow somewhere on the place of former buildings, then on clothes there will stick a lot of the weeds' seeds.
Postposition
läpi (+ genitive)
- (of motion) through
Derived terms
References
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 283
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *läpi.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlæpi/,
- Rhymes: -æpi
- Hyphenation: lä‧pi
Preposition
läpi (+ genitive)
- (right) through
Postposition
läpi (+ genitive)
- (right) through
Adverb
läpi
- all the way through
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “läpi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn