noppa
Finnish
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly related to nopea. Earliest mention in a dictionary in 1826. (Häkkinen 2004)
Pronunciation
Noun
noppa
- A die (polyhedron used in games)
- (university slang) credit, academic credit, course credit
Declension
Inflection of noppa (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | noppa | nopat | ||
genitive | nopan | noppien | ||
partitive | noppaa | noppia | ||
illative | noppaan | noppiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | noppa | nopat | ||
accusative | nom. | noppa | nopat | |
gen. | nopan | |||
genitive | nopan | noppien noppain rare | ||
partitive | noppaa | noppia | ||
inessive | nopassa | nopissa | ||
elative | nopasta | nopista | ||
illative | noppaan | noppiin | ||
adessive | nopalla | nopilla | ||
ablative | nopalta | nopilta | ||
allative | nopalle | nopille | ||
essive | noppana | noppina | ||
translative | nopaksi | nopiksi | ||
abessive | nopatta | nopitta | ||
instructive | — | nopin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (die): arpakuutio
- (course credit): opintopiste, suorituspiste
References
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Anagrams
Wolof
Pronunciation
Noun
noppa