back-formation from a dialectal verb typehtyä (“to be extinguished”). Coined by Finnish folk poetry researcher, translator and journalist Julius Krohn in 1862.
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typpi
Inflection of typpi (Kotus type 7*B/ovi, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | typpi | typet | ||
genitive | typen | typpien | ||
partitive | typpeä | typpiä | ||
illative | typpeen | typpiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | typpi | typet | ||
accusative | nom. | typpi | typet | |
gen. | typen | |||
genitive | typen | typpien | ||
partitive | typpeä | typpiä | ||
inessive | typessä | typissä | ||
elative | typestä | typistä | ||
illative | typpeen | typpiin | ||
adessive | typellä | typillä | ||
ablative | typeltä | typiltä | ||
allative | typelle | typille | ||
essive | typpenä | typpinä | ||
translative | typeksi | typiksi | ||
abessive | typettä | typittä | ||
instructive | — | typin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From Middle Low German tipp and ultimately related to a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“top”). Related to Danish and English tip.
typpi n (genitive singular typpis, nominative plural typpi)