toppo
See also: toppò
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
toppo (not comparable)
- (British, colloquial, dated, used by the upper classes) top, great, the best
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Possibly toppa + -o (compare Koeleria pyramidata, pyramidata from Latin pyramis). Coined by Finnish botanist Ilmari Hiitonen for "Suomen kasvio" (1933).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
toppo
- any plant of the genus Koeleria (junegrasses)
- (in the plural) the genus Koeleria (junegrasses)
Declension edit
Inflection of toppo (Kotus type 1*B/valo, pp-p gradation) | ||||
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nominative | toppo | topot | ||
genitive | topon | toppojen | ||
partitive | toppoa | toppoja | ||
illative | toppoon | toppoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | toppo | topot | ||
accusative | nom. | toppo | topot | |
gen. | topon | |||
genitive | topon | toppojen | ||
partitive | toppoa | toppoja | ||
inessive | topossa | topoissa | ||
elative | toposta | topoista | ||
illative | toppoon | toppoihin | ||
adessive | topolla | topoilla | ||
ablative | topolta | topoilta | ||
allative | topolle | topoille | ||
essive | toppona | toppoina | ||
translative | topoksi | topoiksi | ||
abessive | topotta | topoitta | ||
instructive | — | topoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Vulgar Latin *toppus, from Frankish *topp (“summit, top”).
Noun edit
toppo m (plural toppi)
- stump (of a felled tree etc.)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
toppo