pilppu
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dialectal pilppa (“small piece”) + -u, from Proto-Finnic *pilppa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pilppu
- tipcat (game in which a wooden piece is struck with a stick)
- cat, tipcat (wooden piece struck in the game of tipcat)
- (dialectal) piece, stub, stump
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of pilppu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pilppu | pilput | |
| genitive | pilpun | pilppujen | |
| partitive | pilppua | pilppuja | |
| illative | pilppuun | pilppuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pilppu | pilput | |
| accusative | nom. | pilppu | pilput |
| gen. | pilpun | ||
| genitive | pilpun | pilppujen | |
| partitive | pilppua | pilppuja | |
| inessive | pilpussa | pilpuissa | |
| elative | pilpusta | pilpuista | |
| illative | pilppuun | pilppuihin | |
| adessive | pilpulla | pilpuilla | |
| ablative | pilpulta | pilpuilta | |
| allative | pilpulle | pilpuille | |
| essive | pilppuna | pilppuina | |
| translative | pilpuksi | pilpuiksi | |
| abessive | pilputta | pilpuitta | |
| instructive | — | pilpuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||