korpi
See also: Korpi
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *korpi (“deep forest”) (compare Estonian kõrb, Livvi korbi (“big spruce forest”), Veps korb), possibly from Proto-Uralic *korpe, in which case cognate with Erzya куро (kuro), Khanty [script needed] (χăr), Western Mansi [script needed] (kōrp) and Forest Nenets [script needed] (kurᵊ).[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkorpi/, [ˈko̞rpi]
- Rhymes: -orpi
- Syllabification(key): kor‧pi
Noun
korpi
- deep forest, wooded wilderness
- Synonym: korpimaa
- Hypernym: erämaa (“wasteland, wilderness”)
- (colloquial) an area remote from dense population; backwoods, backwater, the sticks
- (ecology) coniferous swamp (a boreal forest type appearing on moist moraine soils, characterized by dense growth of spruce as the dominating tree species and deep layer of moss as undergrowth; acting often as a transition zone between a dried kangas (“boreal forest”) and various types of suo (“swamp”))
- Synonym: korpimaa
- (obsolete) desert
- Synonym: see aavikko
Declension
| Inflection of korpi (Kotus type 7*E/ovi, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | korpi | korvet | |
| genitive | korven | korpien | |
| partitive | korpea | korpia | |
| illative | korpeen | korpiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | korpi | korvet | |
| accusative | nom. | korpi | korvet |
| gen. | korven | ||
| genitive | korven | korpien | |
| partitive | korpea | korpia | |
| inessive | korvessa | korvissa | |
| elative | korvesta | korvista | |
| illative | korpeen | korpiin | |
| adessive | korvella | korvilla | |
| ablative | korvelta | korvilta | |
| allative | korvelle | korville | |
| essive | korpena | korpina | |
| translative | korveksi | korviksi | |
| instructive | — | korvin | |
| abessive | korvetta | korvitta | |
| comitative | — | korpineen | |
| Possessive forms of korpi (type ovi) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | korpeni | korpemme |
| 2nd person | korpesi | korpenne |
| 3rd person | korpensa | |
Derived terms
- kangaskorpi
- korpihotelli
- korpi-imarre
- korpikommunismi
- korpikuusi
- korpilaki
- korpilakko
- korpilakkoilu
- korpimaa
- korpimaisema
- korpimetso
- korpimetsä
- korpiniitty
- korpipaatsama
- korpirastas
- korpiroju
- korpisoturi
- korpisuo
- korpisärki
- korpitaipale
- korpitaival
- korpivaellus
- korvenraivaaja
- korvenraivaajahenki
- lehtokorpi
- lettokorpi
- nevakorpi
- ruohokorpi
References
- Aikio, Ante: Studies in Uralic Etymology II: Finnic Etymologies (2014)
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004) Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja [Modern Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (in Finnish), Juva: WSOY, →ISBN
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkorpi/
Noun
korpi
- plural of korpo