kalpa
See also: kalpā
English edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit कल्प (kalpa, literally “formation”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalpa (plural kalpas)
- (Hinduism, Buddhism) A period of 4.32 billion years (1000 chatur-yugas or cycles of the four yugas).
Translations edit
time period
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Possible, but unlikely, is a connection with the homonym kalpa (“piece of wood put on an animal's neck to prevent it from running through a fence, poke”), which is likely of Germanic origin.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalpa
- a triple-edged thrusting sword, similar to a rapier or smallsword
- (poetic) sword (in general)
- Synonym: miekka
- 1917, “Jääkärimarssi”, Heikki Nurmio (lyrics), Jean Sibelius (music):
- Syvä iskumme on, viha voittamaton,
meill’ armoa ei kotimaata.
Koko onnemme kalpamme kärjessä on,
ei rintamme heltyä saata.- Our blow is deep, our wrath invincible,
we have no mercy, no homeland
Our fortune lies at the tips of our swords,
our hearts shall not relent.
- Our blow is deep, our wrath invincible,
- (fencing) epee
Declension edit
Inflection of kalpa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kalpa | kalvat | ||
genitive | kalvan | kalpojen | ||
partitive | kalpaa | kalpoja | ||
illative | kalpaan | kalpoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kalpa | kalvat | ||
accusative | nom. | kalpa | kalvat | |
gen. | kalvan | |||
genitive | kalvan | kalpojen kalpainrare | ||
partitive | kalpaa | kalpoja | ||
inessive | kalvassa | kalvoissa | ||
elative | kalvasta | kalvoista | ||
illative | kalpaan | kalpoihin | ||
adessive | kalvalla | kalvoilla | ||
ablative | kalvalta | kalvoilta | ||
allative | kalvalle | kalvoille | ||
essive | kalpana | kalpoina | ||
translative | kalvaksi | kalvoiksi | ||
abessive | kalvatta | kalvoitta | ||
instructive | — | kalvoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “kalpa”, 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 2023-07-02
Latvian edit
Noun edit
kalpa m