puppu
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *puppu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
puppu
- premasticated food (such as that fed to young children)
- (figuratively, informal) nonsense, rubbish, balderdash
Declension edit
Inflection of puppu (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | puppu | puput | ||
genitive | pupun | puppujen | ||
partitive | puppua | puppuja | ||
illative | puppuun | puppuihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | puppu | puput | ||
accusative | nom. | puppu | puput | |
gen. | pupun | |||
genitive | pupun | puppujen | ||
partitive | puppua | puppuja | ||
inessive | pupussa | pupuissa | ||
elative | pupusta | pupuista | ||
illative | puppuun | puppuihin | ||
adessive | pupulla | pupuilla | ||
ablative | pupulta | pupuilta | ||
allative | pupulle | pupuille | ||
essive | puppuna | puppuina | ||
translative | pupuksi | pupuiksi | ||
abessive | puputta | pupuitta | ||
instructive | — | pupuin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “puppu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Sicilian edit
Noun edit
puppu m (plural puppi)
- Alternative form of purpu (Regressive assimilation of the r)