leppe
Estonian
Noun
leppe
- partitive plural of lepp
Norwegian Bokmål
lepper
Noun
leppe m or f (definite singular leppa or leppen, indefinite plural lepper, definite plural leppene)
- lip (fleshy protrusion framing the mouth)
Derived terms
- kjønnsleppe
- leppestift
- underleppe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- leppa, lippa, lippe (superseeded forms and spellings)
Noun
leppe f (definite singular leppa, indefinite plural lepper, definite plural leppene)
- a lip
Derived terms
- kjønnsleppe
- leppestift
- underleppe
References
- “leppe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *leppä. Cognates include Finnish leppä and Estonian lepp.
Pronunciation
- (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈlepːæ/, [ˈlepːə]
- Rhymes: -epːæ
- Hyphenation: lep‧pe
Noun
leppe
- alder
Inflection
| Declension of leppe (type VIII/päive, pp-p gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | leppe | lepäd |
| genitive | lepä | leppije, leppi |
| partitive | leppä | leppite, leppi |
| illative | leppä, leppäse | leppije, leppise |
| inessive | lepäz | leppiz |
| elative | lepässe | leppisse |
| allative | lepäle | leppile |
| adessive | lepälle | leppille |
| ablative | lepälte | leppilte |
| translative | lepässi | leppissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
- V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn