huippu
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from hui (“spool”), like dialectal huitti, huittu "peak, top". The -pp- may be from suippo, suippu. A sound-symbolic blend is possible.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
huippu
- top, peak, summit
- climax, culmination
- (of a person) one of the best in their field
- (in compounds) top-class, state-of-the-art, leading, top-flight, top-level, top, peak, super (indicates that the thing referred to is among the best of its kind)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of huippu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | huippu | huiput | |
| genitive | huipun | huippujen | |
| partitive | huippua | huippuja | |
| illative | huippuun | huippuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | huippu | huiput | |
| accusative | nom. | huippu | huiput |
| gen. | huipun | ||
| genitive | huipun | huippujen | |
| partitive | huippua | huippuja | |
| inessive | huipussa | huipuissa | |
| elative | huipusta | huipuista | |
| illative | huippuun | huippuihin | |
| adessive | huipulla | huipuilla | |
| ablative | huipulta | huipuilta | |
| allative | huipulle | huipuille | |
| essive | huippuna | huippuina | |
| translative | huipuksi | huipuiksi | |
| instructive | — | huipuin | |
| abessive | huiputta | huipuitta | |
| comitative | — | huippuineen | |
| Possessive forms of huippu (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | huippuni | huippumme |
| 2nd person | huippusi | huippunne |
| 3rd person | huippunsa | |