kupru
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the same root as kupu with sound-symbolic influence, particularly from käpristää
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kupru
- bump, dent, kink
- (colloquial) mistake, error; swindle, fraud, misconduct
Declension[edit]
Inflection of kupru (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kupru | kuprut | ||
genitive | kuprun | kuprujen | ||
partitive | kuprua | kupruja | ||
illative | kupruun | kupruihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kupru | kuprut | ||
accusative | nom. | kupru | kuprut | |
gen. | kuprun | |||
genitive | kuprun | kuprujen | ||
partitive | kuprua | kupruja | ||
inessive | kuprussa | kupruissa | ||
elative | kuprusta | kupruista | ||
illative | kupruun | kupruihin | ||
adessive | kuprulla | kupruilla | ||
ablative | kuprulta | kupruilta | ||
allative | kuprulle | kupruille | ||
essive | kupruna | kupruina | ||
translative | kupruksi | kupruiksi | ||
abessive | kuprutta | kupruitta | ||
instructive | — | kupruin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “kupru”, 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