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 Common Slavic *lopata (“shovel, spade”), Lithuanian lópeta (“shovel”), Latvian lâpsta (“shovel, spade”) and Old Prussian lopto (“spade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɑpio̞]
• Hyphenation: la‧pi‧o

Noun

lapio

1. A spade.
2. A shovel.

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

Derived terms

• nouns: leipälapio
• verbs: lapioida

Anagrams

• lipoa, olipa, paloi, polia