Lappi

See also: lappi

Finnish

Region of Lapland (red) on the map of Finland (sense 2).

Historical region

Etymology

From Lappa- +‎ -i (compare lappalainen). There are two main theories on the origin of this word:

• Swedish lapp (“patch”), as a calque of a Sami endonym vuowjoš (seemingly derived from the same word whence also Lule Sami vuojvve (“patch (of textile), gusset”))
• related to lape, (dialectal) lappea, originally in the meaning "remote place" (compare Moksha лапш (lapš), Erzya лапужа (lapuža, “flat”))

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑpːi/, [ˈlɑ̝pːi]
• Rhymes: -ɑpːi
• Syllabification^(key): Lap‧pi

Proper noun

Lappi

1. (uncountable) Lapland (geographical area that covers the northmost parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland plus a Northwestern corner of Russia)
2. (uncountable) Lapland (the northernmost maakunta (“region”) of Finland)
3. A former municipality of Satakunta, Finland, merged with Rauma in 2009.
4. Any of a number of small places in Finland outside Lapland (named for ancient Sami residence).
5. a Finnish surname transferred from the nickname derived from lappi (“a Sami”)

Declension

Inflection of Lappi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation)
nominative		Lappi	—
genitive		Lapin	—
partitive		Lappia	—
illative		Lappiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Lappi	—
accusative	nom.	Lappi	—
	gen.	Lapin
genitive		Lapin	—
partitive		Lappia	—
inessive		Lapissa	—
elative		Lapista	—
illative		Lappiin	—
adessive		Lapilla	—
ablative		Lapilta	—
allative		Lapille	—
essive		Lappina	—
translative		Lapiksi	—
abessive		Lapitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Lappi (Kotus type 5*B/risti, pp-p gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Lappini — accusative nom. Lappini — gen. Lappini genitive Lappini — partitive Lappiani — inessive Lapissani — elative Lapistani — illative Lappiini — adessive Lapillani — ablative Lapiltani — allative Lapilleni — essive Lappinani — translative Lapikseni — abessive Lapittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Lappisi — accusative nom. Lappisi — gen. Lappisi genitive Lappisi — partitive Lappiasi — inessive Lapissasi — elative Lapistasi — illative Lappiisi — adessive Lapillasi — ablative Lapiltasi — allative Lapillesi — essive Lappinasi — translative Lapiksesi — abessive Lapittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Lappimme — accusative nom. Lappimme — gen. Lappimme genitive Lappimme — partitive Lappiamme — inessive Lapissamme — elative Lapistamme — illative Lappiimme — adessive Lapillamme — ablative Lapiltamme — allative Lapillemme — essive Lappinamme — translative Lapiksemme — abessive Lapittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Lappinne — accusative nom. Lappinne — gen. Lappinne genitive Lappinne — partitive Lappianne — inessive Lapissanne — elative Lapistanne — illative Lappiinne — adessive Lapillanne — ablative Lapiltanne — allative Lapillenne — essive Lappinanne — translative Lapiksenne — abessive Lapittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Lappinsa — accusative nom. Lappinsa — gen. Lappinsa genitive Lappinsa — partitive Lappiaan Lappiansa — inessive Lapissaan Lapissansa — elative Lapistaan Lapistansa — illative Lappiinsa — adessive Lapillaan Lapillansa — ablative Lapiltaan Lapiltansa — allative Lapilleen Lapillensa — essive Lappinaan Lappinansa — translative Lapikseen Lapiksensa — abessive Lapittaan Lapittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• lapikas
• lapinharakka
• lapinhullu
• Lapinjärvi
• Lapinkangas
• lapinkeltaperhonen
• lapinkirvinen
• lapinkoira
• lapinkylä
• lapinkävijä
• Lapinlahti
• Lapinlampi
• lapinleinikki
• lapinleuku
• Lapinmaa
• lapinmyyrä
• Lapinniemi
• lapinnokiperhonen
• Lapinoja
• lapinpaimenkoira
• lapinporokoira
• lapinpuku
• lapinpöllö
• lapinraanu
• lapinraunio
• lapinrousku
• lapinsara
• lapinsirkku
• lapinsirppisammal
• lapinsirri
• lapintiainen
• lapintiira
• lapinuunilintu
• lapinverkkoperhonen
• lapinvuokko
• Lappajärvi
• lappalainen
• lappilainen
• Metsä-Lappi
• ruotsinlapinkoira
• Tunturi-Lappi

 

Statistics

• Lappi is the 654^th most common surname in Finland, belonging to 1,317 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

Anagrams

• alppi, lippa