Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *kooppa. Cognates include Finnish kuoppa and Estonian koobas.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kooppa

  1. pit for planting root vegetables (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Declension edit

Declension of kooppa (type 3/koira, pp-p gradation)
singular plural
nominative kooppa koopat
genitive koopan kooppiin
partitive kooppaa kooppia
illative kooppaa kooppii
inessive koopaas koopiis
elative koopast koopist
allative koopalle koopille
adessive koopaal koopiil
ablative koopalt koopilt
translative koopaks koopiks
essive kooppanna, kooppaan kooppinna, kooppiin
exessive1) kooppant kooppint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 302