turpa

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin turpe.

Adjective

turpa

  1. (literary) very ugly
    Synonym: malbelega
    Hyponym: hida

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *turpa. Cognates include Erzya турва (turva, “lip”), Western Mari тӱрвӧ (türvö, “lip”), Udmurt тырпы (tyrpy, “lip”), and Komi-Permyak тырп (tyrp, “lip”).

Noun

turpa

  1. muzzle
  2. (colloquial) mouth, face, trap
    Pidä turpasi kiinni!
    Keep your mouth shut!
    Turpa kiinni!
    Shut your face up!
  3. European chub, Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus)

Usage notes
  • In Finnish the word turpa is chiefly used of the muzzle of herbivores, whereas kuono refers to carnivores. The snout of a pig and the trunk of e.g. an elephant are called kärsä.

Declension
Inflection of turpa (Kotus type 10/koira, p-v gradation)
nominative turpa turvat
genitive turvan turpien
partitive turpaa turpia
illative turpaan turpiin
singular plural
nominative turpa turvat
accusative nom. turpa turvat
gen. turvan
genitive turvan turpien
turpainrare
partitive turpaa turpia
inessive turvassa turvissa
elative turvasta turvista
illative turpaan turpiin
adessive turvalla turvilla
ablative turvalta turvilta
allative turvalle turville
essive turpana turpina
translative turvaksi turviksi
instructive — turvin
abessive turvatta turvitta
comitative — turpineen

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Latin

Verb

turpā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of turpō
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