kuoppa
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kooppa. Cognates include Estonian koobas, Votic kooppa and Veps kop.
Noun
kuoppa
- pit (hole on the ground)
- pothole (hole in a road’s surface, especially one caused by erosion or traffic use)
Declension
| Inflection of kuoppa (Kotus type 10/koira, pp-p gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuoppa | kuopat | |
| genitive | kuopan | kuoppien | |
| partitive | kuoppaa | kuoppia | |
| illative | kuoppaan | kuoppiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kuoppa | kuopat | |
| accusative | nom. | kuoppa | kuopat |
| gen. | kuopan | ||
| genitive | kuopan | kuoppien kuoppainrare | |
| partitive | kuoppaa | kuoppia | |
| inessive | kuopassa | kuopissa | |
| elative | kuopasta | kuopista | |
| illative | kuoppaan | kuoppiin | |
| adessive | kuopalla | kuopilla | |
| ablative | kuopalta | kuopilta | |
| allative | kuopalle | kuopille | |
| essive | kuoppana | kuoppina | |
| translative | kuopaksi | kuopiksi | |
| instructive | — | kuopin | |
| abessive | kuopatta | kuopitta | |
| comitative | — | kuoppineen | |
Derived terms
- kuopanne
- kuopata
- kuoppainen
Compounds
- kranaattikuoppa
See also
- proverb: joka toiselle kuoppaa kaivaa, hän itse siihen lankeaa