tomppeli
Finnish
Etymology
From dialectal Swedish tåmbäl, probably akin to standard Swedish tumla (“to tumble”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tomppeli
- (informal) ignoramus (dumb person)
- (informal) dumbledore (blundering person)
Declension
Inflection of tomppeli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tomppeli | tomppelit | |
genitive | tomppelin | tomppelien tomppeleiden tomppeleitten | |
partitive | tomppelia | tomppeleita tomppeleja | |
illative | tomppeliin | tomppeleihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tomppeli | tomppelit | |
accusative | nom. | tomppeli | tomppelit |
gen. | tomppelin | ||
genitive | tomppelin | tomppelien tomppeleiden tomppeleitten | |
partitive | tomppelia | tomppeleita tomppeleja | |
inessive | tomppelissa | tomppeleissa | |
elative | tomppelista | tomppeleista | |
illative | tomppeliin | tomppeleihin | |
adessive | tomppelilla | tomppeleilla | |
ablative | tomppelilta | tomppeleilta | |
allative | tomppelille | tomppeleille | |
essive | tomppelina | tomppeleina | |
translative | tomppeliksi | tomppeleiksi | |
abessive | tomppelitta | tomppeleitta | |
instructive | — | tomppelein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (dumbledore): tohelo
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ompːeli
- Rhymes:Finnish/ompːeli/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish entries with topic categories using raw markup
- Finnish informal terms
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- fi:People