kyrpä
Finnish
Etymology
- First appearance in a dictionary is from 1848: Johan Fredrik Wallin, Suomen- Wenäjän- ja Ruotsin-kielinen Sana-kirja (Finnish-Russian-Swedish Dictionary), p. 360, printed in Hämeenlinna by S. Nordenswan.
- According to Suomen sanojen alkuperä (The Origin of the Finnish Words), 1992, published by Kotus, the word is first attested in the writings of Christfrid Ganander in 1786.
- Cognates in other Finnic languages include Estonian and Ludic kürb, Karelian kyrpä and Ingrian and Votic kürpä.
- Sometimes said to refer originally to a lone, tall pine tree, or alternately a strong branch on a pine top, such as formed when the top was damaged but remained attached, and a side branch started growing upward at the spot. In light of the notes above, this appears to be an urban legend. It is more likely that the pine-related usage is a later development than the sexually related one.
Noun
kyrpä
Declension
Inflection of kyrpä (Kotus type 10/koira, p-v gradation) | |||
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nominative | kyrpä | kyrvät | |
genitive | kyrvän | kyrpien | |
partitive | kyrpää | kyrpiä | |
illative | kyrpään | kyrpiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kyrpä | kyrvät | |
accusative | nom. | kyrpä | kyrvät |
gen. | kyrvän | ||
genitive | kyrvän | kyrpien kyrpäinrare | |
partitive | kyrpää | kyrpiä | |
inessive | kyrvässä | kyrvissä | |
elative | kyrvästä | kyrvistä | |
illative | kyrpään | kyrpiin | |
adessive | kyrvällä | kyrvillä | |
ablative | kyrvältä | kyrviltä | |
allative | kyrvälle | kyrville | |
essive | kyrpänä | kyrpinä | |
translative | kyrväksi | kyrviksi | |
instructive | — | kyrvin | |
abessive | kyrvättä | kyrvittä | |
comitative | — | kyrpineen |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- verbs: kyrpiä, kyrpiintyä
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