lapio

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapido, related to Estonian labidas, Karelian labju, Veps labid and Votic lappia. Possibly borrowed from a Balto-Slavic language; compare Proto-Slavic *lopata (shovel, spade), Lithuanian lópeta (shovel), Latvian lâpsta (shovel, spade) and Old Prussian lopto (spade). Also theorized to be equivalent to lapa (wide, flat blade of a tool) +‎ -io, but this is phonologically less tenable.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑpio/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑpio
  • Syllabification(key): la‧pi‧o
  • Hyphenation(key): la‧pio

Noun

lapio

  1. shovel (tool for moving portions of material)
  2. spade (garden tool with a handle and a flat blade for digging)

Usage notes

No strict distinction between shovels and spades occurs in Finnish. The term lapio can be used for any tool consisting of a flat blade attached to a handle that is used for digging and/or carrying material. Compound words are used for more specific uses, like istutuslapio ((gardening) trowel), laastilapio ((mortar) trowel), lumilapio (snow shovel), pistolapio (shovel (with a pointed tip)) or puutarhalapio (gardening spade).

Declension

Inflection of lapio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative lapio lapiot
genitive lapion lapioiden
lapioitten
partitive lapiota lapioita
illative lapioon lapioihin
singular plural
nominative lapio lapiot
accusative nom. lapio lapiot
gen. lapion
genitive lapion lapioiden
lapioitten
partitive lapiota lapioita
inessive lapiossa lapioissa
elative lapiosta lapioista
illative lapioon lapioihin
adessive lapiolla lapioilla
ablative lapiolta lapioilta
allative lapiolle lapioille
essive lapiona lapioina
translative lapioksi lapioiksi
abessive lapiotta lapioitta
instructive lapioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lapio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lapioni lapioni
accusative nom. lapioni lapioni
gen. lapioni
genitive lapioni lapioideni
lapioitteni
partitive lapiotani lapioitani
inessive lapiossani lapioissani
elative lapiostani lapioistani
illative lapiooni lapioihini
adessive lapiollani lapioillani
ablative lapioltani lapioiltani
allative lapiolleni lapioilleni
essive lapionani lapioinani
translative lapiokseni lapioikseni
abessive lapiottani lapioittani
instructive
comitative lapioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lapiosi lapiosi
accusative nom. lapiosi lapiosi
gen. lapiosi
genitive lapiosi lapioidesi
lapioittesi
partitive lapiotasi lapioitasi
inessive lapiossasi lapioissasi
elative lapiostasi lapioistasi
illative lapioosi lapioihisi
adessive lapiollasi lapioillasi
ablative lapioltasi lapioiltasi
allative lapiollesi lapioillesi
essive lapionasi lapioinasi
translative lapioksesi lapioiksesi
abessive lapiottasi lapioittasi
instructive
comitative lapioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lapiomme lapiomme
accusative nom. lapiomme lapiomme
gen. lapiomme
genitive lapiomme lapioidemme
lapioittemme
partitive lapiotamme lapioitamme
inessive lapiossamme lapioissamme
elative lapiostamme lapioistamme
illative lapioomme lapioihimme
adessive lapiollamme lapioillamme
ablative lapioltamme lapioiltamme
allative lapiollemme lapioillemme
essive lapionamme lapioinamme
translative lapioksemme lapioiksemme
abessive lapiottamme lapioittamme
instructive
comitative lapioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lapionne lapionne
accusative nom. lapionne lapionne
gen. lapionne
genitive lapionne lapioidenne
lapioittenne
partitive lapiotanne lapioitanne
inessive lapiossanne lapioissanne
elative lapiostanne lapioistanne
illative lapioonne lapioihinne
adessive lapiollanne lapioillanne
ablative lapioltanne lapioiltanne
allative lapiollenne lapioillenne
essive lapionanne lapioinanne
translative lapioksenne lapioiksenne
abessive lapiottanne lapioittanne
instructive
comitative lapioinenne

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Welsh

Etymology

From English lap (wrap) +‎ -io.

Verb

lapio (first-person singular present lapiaf, not mutable)

  1. (transitive) to wrap (am up, around)
    Dych chi wedi lapio'r anrhegion eto?
    Have you wrapped the presents yet?
    Mae clogyn o oleuni wedi'i lapio amdanat.
    A cloak of light is wrapped around you.

Conjugation

Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future lapia i,
lapiaf i
lapi di lapith o/e/hi,
lapiff e/hi
lapiwn ni lapiwch chi lapian nhw
conditional lapiwn i,
lapswn i
lapiet ti,
lapset ti
lapiai fo/fe/hi,
lapsai fo/fe/hi
lapien ni,
lapsen ni
lapiech chi,
lapsech chi
lapien nhw,
lapsen nhw
preterite lapiais i,
lapies i
lapiaist ti,
lapiest ti
lapiodd o/e/hi lapion ni lapioch chi lapion nhw
imperative lapia lapiwch

Derived terms

Further reading

  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “lapio”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “lapio”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies