noppa

Finnish

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Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly related to nopea. Earliest mention in a dictionary in 1826. (Häkkinen 2004)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnopːɑ/, [ˈno̞pːɑ]
  • Hyphenation: nop‧pa
  • Rhymes: -opːɑ

Noun

noppa

  1. A die (polyhedron used in games)
  2. (college slang) credit, academic credit, course credit

Declension
Inflection of noppa (Kotus type 10/koira, pp-p gradation)
nominative noppa nopat
genitive nopan noppien
partitive noppaa noppia
illative noppaan noppiin
singular plural
nominative noppa nopat
accusative nom. noppa nopat
gen. nopan
genitive nopan noppien
noppainrare
partitive noppaa noppia
inessive nopassa nopissa
elative nopasta nopista
illative noppaan noppiin
adessive nopalla nopilla
ablative nopalta nopilta
allative nopalle nopille
essive noppana noppina
translative nopaksi nopiksi
instructive — nopin
abessive nopatta nopitta
comitative — noppineen

Synonyms

References
  • Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

Anagrams

Wolof

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔpːa/

Noun

noppa

  1. ear
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