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tappaa

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tappadak, from Proto-Uralic *tappa-. Cognates include Erzya тапамс (tapams).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑpːɑːˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝pːɑ̝ː(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpːɑː
  • Syllabification(key): tap‧paa
  • Hyphenation(key): tap‧paa

Verb

tappaa

  1. (transitive) to kill, slay
    Synonyms: surmata, ottaa hengiltä, lopettaa (to put down (an animal)), (idiom) ottaa hengiltä, laittaa kylmäksi, päästää päiviltä, (colloquial) nirhata, listiä, niitata, (euphemism) likvidoida, (slang) hoitaa, hoidella
    Hänet tapettiin.
    He was killed.
  2. (dialectal, Western Finnish, transitive) to thresh
    Synonym: puida

Conjugation

More information indicative mood, present tense ...

Derived terms

adjectives
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Ingrian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *tappadak. Cognates include Finnish tappaa and Estonian tappa.

Pronunciation

Verb

tappaa

  1. (transitive) to kill
  2. (transitive) to slaughter
  3. (transitive) to beat
  4. (transitive) to thresh (separate grain from the straw)
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of (type 4/antaa, pp-p gradation), Indikativa ...
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

tappaa

  1. inflection of tapa:
    1. partitive singular
    2. illative singular

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

tappaa

  1. inflection of tavata:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 572
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