hepuli
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Found in Tavastia and Satakunta with the meaning "crazy, mad". Possibly sound-symbolic; compare dialectal hepeli (“silly”) as well as hepale.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hepuli (colloquial)
- a fit of rage
- Synonym: raivokohtaus
- Kuulin kun koira sai kauhean hepulin.
- I heard the dog get a fit of rage.
- a fit of laughter
- Synonym: naurukohtaus
Declension
[edit]Inflection of hepuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | hepuli | hepulit | ||
genitive | hepulin | hepulien hepuleiden hepuleitten | ||
partitive | hepulia | hepuleita hepuleja | ||
illative | hepuliin | hepuleihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | hepuli | hepulit | ||
accusative | nom. | hepuli | hepulit | |
gen. | hepulin | |||
genitive | hepulin | hepulien hepuleiden hepuleitten | ||
partitive | hepulia | hepuleita hepuleja | ||
inessive | hepulissa | hepuleissa | ||
elative | hepulista | hepuleista | ||
illative | hepuliin | hepuleihin | ||
adessive | hepulilla | hepuleilla | ||
ablative | hepulilta | hepuleilta | ||
allative | hepulille | hepuleille | ||
essive | hepulina | hepuleina | ||
translative | hepuliksi | hepuleiksi | ||
abessive | hepulitta | hepuleitta | ||
instructive | — | hepulein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “hepuli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02