kubel

See also: Kübel, kubël, and kubeł

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kupla (“bubble”), from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kupla. Cognates include Finnish kupla (“bubble”), Ingrian kupla (“heap; crest”), Karelian kubla (“debris on the water”), Livvi kublu (“swamp”), Ludian kubl (“swim bladder”); Southern Sami gåbloe (“lung”), Inari Sami koble (“perch roe”), Skolt Sami kåbllad (“to float”), Eastern Mari кувыл (kuvyl, “rain bubbles on water”) and Northern Mansi [script needed] (χɨwl-, “to swim / row downstream”). Possibly also Eastern Khanty комԓәӈ (komłəṇ, “bladder; blister”) and Hungarian hólyag (“bladder; blister; bubble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkub̥el/, [ˈkub̥el]
• Rhymes: -ubel
• Hyphenation: ku‧bel

Noun

kubel (genitive kubla, partitive kupla)

1. blister (sudden onset of a small local swelling, a bump on the skin)
2. water bubble

Declension

Declension of kubel (ÕS type 24i/oder, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kubel	kublad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kubla
genitive			kuplade
partitive		kupla	kupli kuplasid
illative		kupla kublasse	kupladesse kublisse
inessive		kublas	kuplades kublis
elative		kublast	kupladest kublist
allative		kublale	kupladele kublile
adessive		kublal	kupladel kublil
ablative		kublalt	kupladelt kublilt
translative		kublaks	kupladeks kubliks
terminative		kublani	kupladeni
essive		kublana	kupladena
abessive		kublata	kupladeta
comitative		kublaga	kupladega

Derived terms

• kublaline
• kublik
• kupla
• kuplas
• kupluma

 

Compounds

• nõgesekubel
• sääsekubel

 

References

• kubel in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “kubel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009