huippu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Probably from hui (“spool”), like dialectal huitti, huittu "peak, top". The -pp- may be from suippo, suippu. A sound-symbolic blend is possible.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
huippu
- top, peak, summit
- climax, culmination
- (of a person) one of the best in their field
- (in compounds) top-class, state-of-the-art, leading, top-flight, top-level, top, peak, super (indicates that the thing referred to is among the best of its kind)
Declension edit
Inflection of huippu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | huippu | huiput | ||
genitive | huipun | huippujen | ||
partitive | huippua | huippuja | ||
illative | huippuun | huippuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | huippu | huiput | ||
accusative | nom. | huippu | huiput | |
gen. | huipun | |||
genitive | huipun | huippujen | ||
partitive | huippua | huippuja | ||
inessive | huipussa | huipuissa | ||
elative | huipusta | huipuista | ||
illative | huippuun | huippuihin | ||
adessive | huipulla | huipuilla | ||
ablative | huipulta | huipuilta | ||
allative | huipulle | huipuille | ||
essive | huippuna | huippuina | ||
translative | huipuksi | huipuiksi | ||
abessive | huiputta | huipuitta | ||
instructive | — | huipuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “huippu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02