tapuli

Finnish

Kellotapuli

Lautatapuli

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Old Swedish stapul (modern Swedish stapel), from Proto-Germanic *stapulaz (“pillar, post”). Doublet of taapeli (“pile of wood heaped into a lattice structure for storage”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑpuli/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝puli]
• Rhymes: -ɑpuli
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧pu‧li
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧pu‧li

Noun

tapuli

1. campanile (US), belltower (freestanding belltower of a church)

   Synonym: kellotapuli

2. a type of stack of boards or planks to allow drying: the boards are plied so that the air can circulate around them

   Synonym: lautatapuli

3. staple (bundle of short fibers in wool)

   Synonym: villatapuli

4. (historical, in compounds) (having) the right to do foreign trade

   tapulioikeus ― right to do foreign trade

   tapulikaupunki ― town with rights to foreign trade

5. (archaic) tower
6. (archaic) storage (place)

Declension

Inflection of tapuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		tapuli	tapulit
genitive		tapulin	tapulien tapuleiden tapuleitten
partitive		tapulia	tapuleita tapuleja
illative		tapuliin	tapuleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tapuli	tapulit
accusative	nom.	tapuli	tapulit
	gen.	tapulin
genitive		tapulin	tapulien tapuleiden tapuleitten
partitive		tapulia	tapuleita tapuleja
inessive		tapulissa	tapuleissa
elative		tapulista	tapuleista
illative		tapuliin	tapuleihin
adessive		tapulilla	tapuleilla
ablative		tapulilta	tapuleilta
allative		tapulille	tapuleille
essive		tapulina	tapuleina
translative		tapuliksi	tapuleiksi
abessive		tapulitta	tapuleitta
instructive		—	tapulein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

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

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tapulini tapulini accusative nom. tapulini tapulini gen. tapulini genitive tapulini tapulieni tapuleideni tapuleitteni partitive tapuliani tapuleitani tapulejani inessive tapulissani tapuleissani elative tapulistani tapuleistani illative tapuliini tapuleihini adessive tapulillani tapuleillani ablative tapuliltani tapuleiltani allative tapulilleni tapuleilleni essive tapulinani tapuleinani translative tapulikseni tapuleikseni abessive tapulittani tapuleittani instructive — — comitative — tapuleineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tapulisi tapulisi accusative nom. tapulisi tapulisi gen. tapulisi genitive tapulisi tapuliesi tapuleidesi tapuleittesi partitive tapuliasi tapuleitasi tapulejasi inessive tapulissasi tapuleissasi elative tapulistasi tapuleistasi illative tapuliisi tapuleihisi adessive tapulillasi tapuleillasi ablative tapuliltasi tapuleiltasi allative tapulillesi tapuleillesi essive tapulinasi tapuleinasi translative tapuliksesi tapuleiksesi abessive tapulittasi tapuleittasi instructive — — comitative — tapuleinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tapulimme tapulimme accusative nom. tapulimme tapulimme gen. tapulimme genitive tapulimme tapuliemme tapuleidemme tapuleittemme partitive tapuliamme tapuleitamme tapulejamme inessive tapulissamme tapuleissamme elative tapulistamme tapuleistamme illative tapuliimme tapuleihimme adessive tapulillamme tapuleillamme ablative tapuliltamme tapuleiltamme allative tapulillemme tapuleillemme essive tapulinamme tapuleinamme translative tapuliksemme tapuleiksemme abessive tapulittamme tapuleittamme instructive — — comitative — tapuleinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tapulinne tapulinne accusative nom. tapulinne tapulinne gen. tapulinne genitive tapulinne tapulienne tapuleidenne tapuleittenne partitive tapulianne tapuleitanne tapulejanne inessive tapulissanne tapuleissanne elative tapulistanne tapuleistanne illative tapuliinne tapuleihinne adessive tapulillanne tapuleillanne ablative tapuliltanne tapuleiltanne allative tapulillenne tapuleillenne essive tapulinanne tapuleinanne translative tapuliksenne tapuleiksenne abessive tapulittanne tapuleittanne instructive — — comitative — tapuleinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tapulinsa tapulinsa accusative nom. tapulinsa tapulinsa gen. tapulinsa genitive tapulinsa tapuliensa tapuleidensa tapuleittensa partitive tapuliaan tapuliansa tapuleitaan tapulejaan tapuleitansa tapulejansa inessive tapulissaan tapulissansa tapuleissaan tapuleissansa elative tapulistaan tapulistansa tapuleistaan tapuleistansa illative tapuliinsa tapuleihinsa adessive tapulillaan tapulillansa tapuleillaan tapuleillansa ablative tapuliltaan tapuliltansa tapuleiltaan tapuleiltansa allative tapulilleen tapulillensa tapuleilleen tapuleillensa essive tapulinaan tapulinansa tapuleinaan tapuleinansa translative tapulikseen tapuliksensa tapuleikseen tapuleiksensa abessive tapulittaan tapulittansa tapuleittaan tapuleittansa instructive — — comitative — tapuleineen tapuleinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• kellotapuli
• lautatapuli
• tapulikaupunki
• tapulioikeus
• tapulitavara
• villatapuli

Further reading

• “tapuli”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• puilta, tipula, tulipa