sipuli
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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Old Swedish sipul (“red onion”), sipol, akin to German Zwiebel, ultimately from Late Latin cepulla, diminutive of Latin cepa.
Pronunciation
Noun
sipuli
- onion, Allium cepa
- Synonym: keltasipuli
- onion (plant of the genus Allium)
- Synonym: laukka
- (botany) bulb (onion shaped root bulb of many plants)
Declension
| Inflection of sipuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sipuli | sipulit | |
| genitive | sipulin | sipulien sipuleiden sipuleitten | |
| partitive | sipulia | sipuleita sipuleja | |
| illative | sipuliin | sipuleihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | sipuli | sipulit | |
| accusative | nom. | sipuli | sipulit |
| gen. | sipulin | ||
| genitive | sipulin | sipulien sipuleiden sipuleitten | |
| partitive | sipulia | sipuleita sipuleja | |
| inessive | sipulissa | sipuleissa | |
| elative | sipulista | sipuleista | |
| illative | sipuliin | sipuleihin | |
| adessive | sipulilla | sipuleilla | |
| ablative | sipulilta | sipuleilta | |
| allative | sipulille | sipuleille | |
| essive | sipulina | sipuleina | |
| translative | sipuliksi | sipuleiksi | |
| abessive | sipulitta | sipuleitta | |
| instructive | — | sipulein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
compounds
- hankasipuli
- hillosipuli
- hopeasipuli
- ilmasipuli
- istukassipuli
- jättisipuli
- karvasipuli
- keltasipuli
- kepasipuli
- kevätsipuli
- kiinansipuli
- kukkasipuli
- pillisipuli
- punasipuli
- purjosipuli
- ruohosipuli
- ruokasipuli
- ryvässipuli
- salaattisipuli
- salottisipuli
- sipulihakkuri
- sipulihiutale
- sipulijauhe
- sipulikampa
- sipulikastike
- sipulikasvi
- sipulikeitto
- sipulikirkko
- sipulikoi
- sipulikupoli
- sipulikärpänen
- sipulilehti
- sipulileikkuri
- sipulimaito
- sipulinkuori
- sipulinnoki
- sipulinviipale
- sipulipihvi
- sipulipiirakka
- sipulirengas
- sipulisuola
- sipuliviipale
- siveydensipuli
- talvisipuli
- tomaatti-sipulisalaatti
- valkosipuli
- varhaissipuli
- vihersipuli
Descendants
- → Ingrian: sipuli
Further reading
- “sipuli”, 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
Ingrian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈsipuli/,
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈsipuːli/,
- Rhymes: -ipulʲ, -ipuːli
- Hyphenation: si‧pu‧li
Noun
sipuli
- Synonym of laukka
- 1936, V. I. Junus, N. A. Iljin, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (toine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46:
- Tarhaas kasvaat borkkanat, kapusta ja sipuli.
- In the yard there grow carrots, cabbage and onion.
Declension
| Declension of sipuli (type 5/vahti, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sipuli | sipulit |
| genitive | sipulin | sipuliin, sipuliloin |
| partitive | sipulia | sipulija, sipuliloja |
| illative | sipulii | sipulii, sipuliloihe |
| inessive | sipuliis | sipuliis, sipulilois |
| elative | sipulist | sipuliist, sipuliloist |
| allative | sipulille | sipuliille, sipuliloille |
| adessive | sipuliil | sipuliil, sipuliloil |
| ablative | sipulilt | sipuliilt, sipuliloilt |
| translative | sipuliks | sipuliiks, sipuliloiks |
| essive | sipulinna, sipuliin | sipuliinna, sipuliloinna, sipuliin, sipuliloin |
| exessive1) | sipulint | sipuliint, sipuliloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Derived terms
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “сибули”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 703
Votic
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish sipuli, from Late Old Swedish sipul (“red onion”), from Late Latin cepulla, diminutive of Latin cepa.
Pronunciation
Noun
sipuli
Inflection
| Declension of sipuli (type II/võrkko, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | sipuli | sipulid |
| genitive | sipuli | sipulijõ, sipulii |
| partitive | sipulia | sipuliitõ, sipulii |
| illative | sipulisõ, sipuli | sipuliisõ |
| inessive | sipuliz | sipuliiz |
| elative | sipulissõ | sipuliissõ |
| allative | sipulilõ | sipuliilõ |
| adessive | sipulillõ | sipuliillõ |
| ablative | sipuliltõ | sipuliiltõ |
| translative | sipulissi | sipuliissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn