Seppo
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See also: seppo
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From septic tank (“rhyming slang for Yank”) + -o (“colloquialising suffix”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛpəʊ
Noun[edit]
Seppo (plural Seppos)
- (Australia, slang) An American.
- 2010, Emily Maguire, Smoke in the Room, page 17,
- ‘So, Adam, you have the privilege of being my first Seppo.’
- ‘Your first what?’
- ‘Seppo. You′ve gotta learn to speak Aussie, man. You′re a Yank, so –’
- ‘No, not a Yankee. I′m from –’
- ‘The You Ess Ay. Makes you a Yank. Yank rhymes with septic tank. But we like to shorten names and then add an O at the end - but only if we like you. So Yank is kind of neutral. Septic tank is rude. But Seppo, well, it′s affectionate. Get it?’
- ‘No.’
- 2010, Emily Maguire, Smoke in the Room, page 17,
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From seppo (“smith, skillful person”), an epithet of the smith Ilmarinen in the Kalevala.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Seppo
- A male given name.
- 1974 Alpo Ruuth, Kotimaa, Tammi, ISBN 9513030156, page 167:
- —Petri, se on näitä uusia nimiä.
- —Niin on, nykyisin annetaan semmoisia Jareja ja Kareja ja Petrejä.
- ―Kun meidän esikoinen syntyi, niille annettiin nimeksi Seppo ja Pekka ja Tauno.
- 1999 Juhani Syrjä, Juho 19-33, in Juho (Gummerus 2008), ISBN 9789512077809, page182:
- Tukevalle ja isokouraiselle pojalle annoimme nimeksi Seppo.
- 1974 Alpo Ruuth, Kotimaa, Tammi, ISBN 9513030156, page 167:
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of Seppo (Kotus type 1/valo, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Seppo | Sepot | |
| genitive | Sepon | Seppojen | |
| partitive | Seppoa | Seppoja | |
| illative | Seppoon | Seppoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Seppo | Sepot | |
| accusative | nom. | Seppo | Sepot |
| gen. | Sepon | ||
| genitive | Sepon | Seppojen | |
| partitive | Seppoa | Seppoja | |
| inessive | Sepossa | Sepoissa | |
| elative | Seposta | Sepoista | |
| illative | Seppoon | Seppoihin | |
| adessive | Sepolla | Sepoilla | |
| ablative | Sepolta | Sepoilta | |
| allative | Sepolle | Sepoille | |
| essive | Seppona | Seppoina | |
| translative | Sepoksi | Sepoiksi | |
| instructive | — | Sepoin | |
| abessive | Sepotta | Sepoitta | |
| comitative | — | Seppoineen | |
Usage notes[edit]
- Popular in the 1940s and the 1950s, often in the combination Seppo Ilmari.
