rapu
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Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish krabba, via the earlier form krapu.
Pronunciation
Noun
rapu
- European crayfish, noble crayfish, broad-fingered crayfish, Astacus astacus
- signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus.
- crayfish, crawfish (Southern US), crawdad (central and western US), freshwater lobster, mountain lobster, mudbug (US, rare), yabby (Australia) (freshwater decapod crustacean resembling small lobster)
- decapod (any crustacean of the order Decapoda)
- (broadly) crab
Usage notes
Originally and still to most Finnish speakers the word rapu means primarily the species Astacus astacus as it is the only indigenous decapod crustacean of significant size in Finland. The meaning has gradually expanded, and currently Astacus astacus is often called jokirapu, especially if there's a risk of confusion.
Declension
| Inflection of rapu (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | rapu | ravut | |
| genitive | ravun | rapujen | |
| partitive | rapua | rapuja | |
| illative | rapuun | rapuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | rapu | ravut | |
| accusative | nom. | rapu | ravut |
| gen. | ravun | ||
| genitive | ravun | rapujen | |
| partitive | rapua | rapuja | |
| inessive | ravussa | ravuissa | |
| elative | ravusta | ravuista | |
| illative | rapuun | rapuihin | |
| adessive | ravulla | ravuilla | |
| ablative | ravulta | ravuilta | |
| allative | ravulle | ravuille | |
| essive | rapuna | rapuina | |
| translative | ravuksi | ravuiksi | |
| abessive | ravutta | ravuitta | |
| instructive | — | ravuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
- (Astacus astacus): jokirapu
- (Pacifastacus leniusculus): täplärapu
- (crab): taskurapu
- (decapod): rapueläin, kymmenjalkainen
Derived terms
compounds
- erakkorapu
- jokirapu
- katkarapu
- keisarirapu
- kivirapu
- kookosrapu
- kuningasrapu
- loistorapu
- merirapu
- molukkirapu
- puhdistajarapu
- rapueläin
- rapuhaukka
- rapujuhla
- rapukanta
- rapukastike
- rapukauluri
- rapukausi
- rapukeitto
- rapukestit
- rapulokki
- rapumerta
- rapurutto
- raputalous
- rapuveitsi
- rapuvihertäjä
- rapuvoi
- ravunkivi
- ravunpyrstö
- ravunpyydys
- ravunpyynti
- ravunsakset
- ravunsyöjäkoira
- ravunsyöjäsupi
- ravunsyötti
- ravunviljely
- ravustaa
- sinirapu
- taskurapu
- täplärapu
- viittoilijarapu
- villasaksirapu
See also
Further reading
- “rapu”, 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 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin rāpum. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *rap-. Compare Italian rapa, French rave, Venetan rava.
Pronunciation
Noun
rapu m (plural rapi)
- common evening primrose, Oenothera biennis (the plant and its grain)
See also
Ternate
Pronunciation
Verb
rapu
- (transitive) to slap
Conjugation
| Conjugation of rapu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | torapu | forapu | mirapu | |
| 2nd | norapu | nirapu | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | orapu | irapu, yorapu† | |
| Feminine | morapu | |||
| Neuter | irapu | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh