sipuli

Finnish

Etymology

From Late Old Swedish sipul (“red onion”), akin to German Zwiebel, ultimately from Late Latin cepulla, diminutive of Latin cepa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsipuli/, [ˈs̠ipuli]
• Hyphenation: si‧pu‧li

Noun

sipuli

1. onion, Allium cepa
2. onion (plant of the genus Allium)
3. (in the plural) onion, Allium (genus)
4. bulb (onion shaped root bulb of many plants)

Declension

Inflection of sipuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		sipuli	sipulit
genitive		sipulin	sipulien sipuleiden sipuleitten
partitive		sipulia	sipuleita sipuleja
illative		sipuliin	sipuleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sipuli	sipulit
accusative	nom.	sipuli	sipulit
	gen.	sipulin
genitive		sipulin	sipulien sipuleiden sipuleitten
partitive		sipulia	sipuleita sipuleja
inessive		sipulissa	sipuleissa
elative		sipulista	sipuleista
illative		sipuliin	sipuleihin
adessive		sipulilla	sipuleilla
ablative		sipulilta	sipuleilta
allative		sipulille	sipuleille
essive		sipulina	sipuleina
translative		sipuliksi	sipuleiksi
abessive		sipulitta	sipuleitta
instructive		—	sipulein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sipuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sipulini sipulini accusative nom. sipulini sipulini gen. sipulini genitive sipulini sipulieni sipuleideni sipuleitteni partitive sipuliani sipuleitani sipulejani inessive sipulissani sipuleissani elative sipulistani sipuleistani illative sipuliini sipuleihini adessive sipulillani sipuleillani ablative sipuliltani sipuleiltani allative sipulilleni sipuleilleni essive sipulinani sipuleinani translative sipulikseni sipuleikseni abessive sipulittani sipuleittani instructive — — comitative — sipuleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sipulisi sipulisi accusative nom. sipulisi sipulisi gen. sipulisi genitive sipulisi sipuliesi sipuleidesi sipuleittesi partitive sipuliasi sipuleitasi sipulejasi inessive sipulissasi sipuleissasi elative sipulistasi sipuleistasi illative sipuliisi sipuleihisi adessive sipulillasi sipuleillasi ablative sipuliltasi sipuleiltasi allative sipulillesi sipuleillesi essive sipulinasi sipuleinasi translative sipuliksesi sipuleiksesi abessive sipulittasi sipuleittasi instructive — — comitative — sipuleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sipulimme sipulimme accusative nom. sipulimme sipulimme gen. sipulimme genitive sipulimme sipuliemme sipuleidemme sipuleittemme partitive sipuliamme sipuleitamme sipulejamme inessive sipulissamme sipuleissamme elative sipulistamme sipuleistamme illative sipuliimme sipuleihimme adessive sipulillamme sipuleillamme ablative sipuliltamme sipuleiltamme allative sipulillemme sipuleillemme essive sipulinamme sipuleinamme translative sipuliksemme sipuleiksemme abessive sipulittamme sipuleittamme instructive — — comitative — sipuleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sipulinne sipulinne accusative nom. sipulinne sipulinne gen. sipulinne genitive sipulinne sipulienne sipuleidenne sipuleittenne partitive sipulianne sipuleitanne sipulejanne inessive sipulissanne sipuleissanne elative sipulistanne sipuleistanne illative sipuliinne sipuleihinne adessive sipulillanne sipuleillanne ablative sipuliltanne sipuleiltanne allative sipulillenne sipuleillenne essive sipulinanne sipuleinanne translative sipuliksenne sipuleiksenne abessive sipulittanne sipuleittanne instructive — — comitative — sipuleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sipulinsa sipulinsa accusative nom. sipulinsa sipulinsa gen. sipulinsa genitive sipulinsa sipuliensa sipuleidensa sipuleittensa partitive sipuliaan sipuliansa sipuleitaan sipulejaan sipuleitansa sipulejansa inessive sipulissaan sipulissansa sipuleissaan sipuleissansa elative sipulistaan sipulistansa sipuleistaan sipuleistansa illative sipuliinsa sipuleihinsa adessive sipulillaan sipulillansa sipuleillaan sipuleillansa ablative sipuliltaan sipuliltansa sipuleiltaan sipuleiltansa allative sipulilleen sipulillensa sipuleilleen sipuleillensa essive sipulinaan sipulinansa sipuleinaan sipuleinansa translative sipulikseen sipuliksensa sipuleikseen sipuleiksensa abessive sipulittaan sipulittansa sipuleittaan sipuleittansa instructive — — comitative — sipuleineen sipuleinensa

Synonyms

• (Allium cepa): keltasipuli
• (plant of the genus Allium): laukka

Compounds

• hankasipuli
• hillosipuli
• keltasipuli
• kevätsipuli
• pillisipuli
• punasipuli
• purjosipuli
• ruohosipuli

• salaattisipuli
• salottisipuli
• sipulihakkuri
• sipulihiutale
• sipulijauhe
• sipulikastike
• sipulikasvi
• sipulikeitto

• sipulikirkko
• sipulikupoli
• sipulikärpänen
• sipulilehti
• sipulileikkuri
• sipulimaito
• sipulinkuori
• sipulinviipale

• sipulipihvi
• sipulipiirakka
• sipulirengas
• sipulisuola
• sipuliviipale
• talvisipuli
• valkosipuli
• vihersipuli

Anagrams

• lipsui, pliisu

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Votic

Etymology

From Late Latin cepulla, diminutive of Latin cepa.

Noun

sipuli

1. onion

Inflection

Declension of sipuli
	singular	plural
nominative	—	—
genitive	—	—
partitive	—	—
illative	—	—
inessive	—	—
elative	—	—
allative	—	—
adessive	—	—
ablative	—	—
translative	—	—
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn