jopa
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]jo (“already”) + -pa. Compare Estonian juba, which is formed equivalently.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈjopɑ/, [ˈjo̞pɑ̝]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -opɑ
- Syllabification(key): jo‧pa
- Hyphenation(key): jo‧pa
Adverb
[edit]jopa
- (chiefly in the positive) even (implying an extreme, such as when comparing to one's expectations)
- Jopa hän tiesi sen.
- Even he knew that.
- Jopa minä osaisin tehdä niin.
- Even I could do that.
- (chiefly in the positive) as much as, up to
- Synonym: peräti
- Voit voittaa jopa miljoona dollaria!
- You can win as much as one million dollars!
- (chiefly in the positive) used as a fortifier
- Synonym: johan
- Jopa on iso kala!
- That's one big fish!
- Jopa oli hieno juttu!
- That was quite something!
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “jopa”, 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 2 July 2023