tappura

From Proto-Finnic *tappura. Possibly equivalent to tappaa +‎ -ura, from dialectal use of tappaa to signify threshing of cotton or hemp.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpːurɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpːurɑ
• Syllabification^(key): tap‧pu‧ra

tappura

1. Tangled fibres of hemp or cotton, often with shives – waste fibres.

   Tukkasi on takussa kuin tappuraa.

   Your hair is tangled like waste fibres.

• Nowadays mostly used in the phrase tulta ja tappuraa (literally “fire and waste fibres”), which signifies something explosive; or figuratively something passionate, emotional or powerful. This expression probably originates from the easy flammability of the tangled, short waste fibres and shives.
• Also used in the translation of the Bible in the term orjantappurakruunu (“crown of thorns”) and for any of the several thorny shrubs (orjantappura).

• “tappura”, 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

From Proto-Finnic *tappura, equivalent to tappaa (“to thresh”) +‎ -ura. Cognates include Finnish tappura and Votic tappurõ.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpːurɑ/,
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpːurɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑpːur, -ɑpːurɑ
• Hyphenation: tap‧pu‧ra

tappura

1. waste fibres (remainders of linen after it has been spun)

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 573