hillosipuli

hillosipuli

Finnish

Etymology

hillo (“jam”) +‎ sipuli (“onion”); calque of Swedish syltlök (“variety of Allium cepa of which pickled onions are often made”) < sylt (“jam”) + lök (“onion”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhilːoˌsipuli/, [ˈhilːo̞ˌs̠ipuli]
• Rhymes: -ipuli
• Syllabification^(key): hil‧lo‧si‧pu‧li

Noun

hillosipuli

1. pearl onion, Allium ampeloprasum var. sectivum (cultivar of wild leek producing small bulbs used primarily for pickling)
2. pickled onion, silverskin onion (any small onion used for pickling, usually a variant of the common onion Allium cepa)
3. (in the plural) Pickled onions as dish.

Declension

Inflection of hillosipuli (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		hillosipuli	hillosipulit
genitive		hillosipulin	hillosipulien hillosipuleiden hillosipuleitten
partitive		hillosipulia	hillosipuleita hillosipuleja
illative		hillosipuliin	hillosipuleihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hillosipuli	hillosipulit
accusative	nom.	hillosipuli	hillosipulit
	gen.	hillosipulin
genitive		hillosipulin	hillosipulien hillosipuleiden hillosipuleitten
partitive		hillosipulia	hillosipuleita hillosipuleja
inessive		hillosipulissa	hillosipuleissa
elative		hillosipulista	hillosipuleista
illative		hillosipuliin	hillosipuleihin
adessive		hillosipulilla	hillosipuleilla
ablative		hillosipulilta	hillosipuleilta
allative		hillosipulille	hillosipuleille
essive		hillosipulina	hillosipuleina
translative		hillosipuliksi	hillosipuleiksi
instructive		—	hillosipulein
abessive		hillosipulitta	hillosipuleitta
comitative		—	hillosipuleineen

Possessive forms of hillosipuli (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	hillosipulini	hillosipulimme
2nd person	hillosipulisi	hillosipulinne
3rd person	hillosipulinsa

Coordinate terms

• kesäpurjo