tolppa
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish stolpe. Doublet of salpa.
Pronunciation
Noun
tolppa
- post, pole, stilt (long piece of heavy timber or other material protruding out of ground)
- bollard (post preventing vehicle access to a pedestrian area etc.)
- (ballgames) short of maalitolppa (“goal post”)
- (slang, colloquial) 12-pack of beer
- (slang, colloquial) taxicab stand
Declension
Inflection of tolppa (Kotus type 10*B/koira, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tolppa | tolpat | ||
genitive | tolpan | tolppien | ||
partitive | tolppaa | tolppia | ||
illative | tolppaan | tolppiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tolppa | tolpat | ||
accusative | nom. | tolppa | tolpat | |
gen. | tolpan | |||
genitive | tolpan | tolppien tolppain rare | ||
partitive | tolppaa | tolppia | ||
inessive | tolpassa | tolpissa | ||
elative | tolpasta | tolpista | ||
illative | tolppaan | tolppiin | ||
adessive | tolpalla | tolpilla | ||
ablative | tolpalta | tolpilta | ||
allative | tolpalle | tolpille | ||
essive | tolppana | tolppina | ||
translative | tolpaksi | tolpiksi | ||
abessive | tolpatta | tolpitta | ||
instructive | — | tolpin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |