lapio

Finnish

(index la)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lapido, related to Estonian labidas, Karelian labju, Veps labid and Votic lappia. Possibly borrowed from a Balto-Slavic language; compare Proto-Slavic *lopata (“shovel, spade”), Lithuanian lópeta (“shovel”), Latvian lâpsta (“shovel, spade”) and Old Prussian lopto (“spade”). Also theorized to be equivalent to lapa +‎ -io, but this is phonologically less tenable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpio/, [ˈlɑpio̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑpio
• Syllabification: la‧pi‧o

Noun

lapio

1. shovel
2. spade

Declension

Inflection of lapio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		lapio	lapiot
genitive		lapion	lapioiden lapioitten
partitive		lapiota	lapioita
illative		lapioon	lapioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		lapio	lapiot
accusative	nom.	lapio	lapiot
	gen.	lapion
genitive		lapion	lapioiden lapioitten
partitive		lapiota	lapioita
inessive		lapiossa	lapioissa
elative		lapiosta	lapioista
illative		lapioon	lapioihin
adessive		lapiolla	lapioilla
ablative		lapiolta	lapioilta
allative		lapiolle	lapioille
essive		lapiona	lapioina
translative		lapioksi	lapioiksi
instructive		—	lapioin
abessive		lapiotta	lapioitta
comitative		—	lapioineen

Possessive forms of lapio (type valtio)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	lapioni	lapiomme
2nd person	lapiosi	lapionne
3rd person	lapionsa

Derived terms

• nouns: leipälapio
• verbs: lapioida

Anagrams

• lipoa, olipa, paloi, polia