kupla
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *kupla, probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kupla. Related to Estonian kubel, Southern Sami gåbloe (“lung”), Karelian kupla, Livvi kubl and probably Inari Sami koble (“roe pouch”), Eastern Mari куво̄л (kuvōl) and Southern Mansi [script needed] (kɛ̮wl-, “to swim, to float”), possibly also Hungarian hólyag (“bladder”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kupla
- bubble (spherically contained volume of air or other gas)
- bubble (spherical cavity in a solid material)
- bubble (anything resembling a hollow sphere)
- bubble (economics: period of intense speculation in a market)
- Synonym: talouskupla
- bubble (anything lacking firmness or solidity)
- bubble (something or somebody who just seemingly is what is supposed, but in fact does have nothing or little to fulfill expectancies)
- (informal) a Volkswagen Beetle automobile (may be capitalized)
Declension edit
Inflection of kupla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kupla | kuplat | ||
genitive | kuplan | kuplien | ||
partitive | kuplaa | kuplia | ||
illative | kuplaan | kupliin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kupla | kuplat | ||
accusative | nom. | kupla | kuplat | |
gen. | kuplan | |||
genitive | kuplan | kuplien kuplainrare | ||
partitive | kuplaa | kuplia | ||
inessive | kuplassa | kuplissa | ||
elative | kuplasta | kuplista | ||
illative | kuplaan | kupliin | ||
adessive | kuplalla | kuplilla | ||
ablative | kuplalta | kuplilta | ||
allative | kuplalle | kuplille | ||
essive | kuplana | kuplina | ||
translative | kuplaksi | kupliksi | ||
abessive | kuplatta | kuplitta | ||
instructive | — | kuplin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (Beetle): kuplavolkkari
Derived terms edit
Compounds edit
- ajatuskupla
- kuplahalli
- kuplavolkkari
- kuplatalous
- nettikupla
- puhekupla
- rakennuskupla
- saippuakupla
- talouskupla
Interjection edit
kupla (childish)
- snap, jinx (used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously)
- Synonyms: smurffi, smurffilukko, smurffattu
Further reading edit
- “kupla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02