kupla
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *kupla, probably from Proto-Finno-Ugric *kupla. Related to Estonian kubel, Karelian kupla, Livvi kubl and probably Inari Sami koble (“roe pouch”), Eastern Mari куво̄л (kuvōl) and Mansi [script needed] (kɛ̮wl-, “to swim, to float”), possibly also Hungarian hólyag (“bladder”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkuplɑ/, [ˈkuplɑ]
- Rhymes: -uplɑ
- Syllabification(key): kup‧la
Noun
kupla
- bubble (spherically contained volume of air or other gas)
- bubble (spherical cavity in a solid material)
- bubble (anything resembling a hollow sphere)
- bubble (economics: period of intense speculation in a market)
- Synonym: talouskupla
- bubble (anything lacking firmness or solidity)
- bubble (something or somebody who just seemingly is what is supposed, but in fact does have nothing or little to fulfill expectancies)
- (informal) a Volkswagen Beetle automobile (may be capitalized)
Declension
| Inflection of kupla (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kupla | kuplat | |
| genitive | kuplan | kuplien | |
| partitive | kuplaa | kuplia | |
| illative | kuplaan | kupliin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kupla | kuplat | |
| accusative | nom. | kupla | kuplat |
| gen. | kuplan | ||
| genitive | kuplan | kuplien kuplainrare | |
| partitive | kuplaa | kuplia | |
| inessive | kuplassa | kuplissa | |
| elative | kuplasta | kuplista | |
| illative | kuplaan | kupliin | |
| adessive | kuplalla | kuplilla | |
| ablative | kuplalta | kuplilta | |
| allative | kuplalle | kuplille | |
| essive | kuplana | kuplina | |
| translative | kuplaksi | kupliksi | |
| instructive | — | kuplin | |
| abessive | kuplatta | kuplitta | |
| comitative | — | kuplineen | |
| Possessive forms of kupla (type koira) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | kuplani | kuplamme |
| 2nd person | kuplasi | kuplanne |
| 3rd person | kuplansa | |
Synonyms
- (Beetle): kuplavolkkari
Derived terms
- kuplaton
- kuplia
Compounds
- ajatuskupla
- kuplahalli
- kuplavolkkari
- kuplatalous
- nettikupla
- puhekupla
- rakennuskupla
- saippuakupla
- talouskupla
Interjection
kupla
- (childish) snap, jinx (used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously)
- Synonyms: smurffi, smurffilukko, smurffattu