salpa

salpa

See also: Salpa and sälpä

English

Etymology

From Latin salpa, from Ancient Greek σάλπη (sálpē, “a species of fish”).

Noun

salpa (plural salpas or salpae)

1. salp

Anagrams

• Palas, alaps, lapas, palas, palsa, plaas

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Catalan

Verb

salpa

1. third-person singular present indicative form of salpar
2. second-person singular imperative form of salpar

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlpɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑlpɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑlpɑ
• Syllabification^(key): sal‧pa

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *salpa (compare Karelian salpa, Veps saub), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *stalpą (whence dialectal Swedish stalpe (“pole”)).

Noun

salpa

1. bolt (sliding pin or bar in a lock)
2. bar (horizontal pole used to lock a door or a gate)
3. hasp, clasp (metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin)

Declension

Inflection of salpa (Kotus type 9*E/kala, p-v gradation)
nominative		salpa	salvat
genitive		salvan	salpojen
partitive		salpaa	salpoja
illative		salpaan	salpoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		salpa	salvat
accusative	nom.	salpa	salvat
	gen.	salvan
genitive		salvan	salpojen salpainrare
partitive		salpaa	salpoja
inessive		salvassa	salvoissa
elative		salvasta	salvoista
illative		salpaan	salpoihin
adessive		salvalla	salvoilla
ablative		salvalta	salvoilta
allative		salvalle	salvoille
essive		salpana	salpoina
translative		salvaksi	salvoiksi
instructive		—	salvoin
abessive		salvatta	salvoitta
comitative		—	salpoineen

Possessive forms of salpa (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	salpani	salpamme
2nd person	salpasi	salpanne
3rd person	salpansa

Derived terms

• nouns: Salpalinja
• verbs: salvata

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin salpa (“stockfish”).

Noun

salpa

1. salp

Declension

Inflection of salpa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		salpa	salpat
genitive		salpan	salpojen
partitive		salpaa	salpoja
illative		salpaan	salpoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		salpa	salpat
accusative	nom.	salpa	salpat
	gen.	salpan
genitive		salpan	salpojen salpainrare
partitive		salpaa	salpoja
inessive		salpassa	salpoissa
elative		salpasta	salpoista
illative		salpaan	salpoihin
adessive		salpalla	salpoilla
ablative		salpalta	salpoilta
allative		salpalle	salpoille
essive		salpana	salpoina
translative		salpaksi	salpoiksi
instructive		—	salpoin
abessive		salpatta	salpoitta
comitative		—	salpoineen

Possessive forms of salpa (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	salpani	salpamme
2nd person	salpasi	salpanne
3rd person	salpansa

Anagrams

• palsa

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pa/
• Rhymes: -alpa
• Hyphenation: sàl‧pa

Etymology 1

Uncertain.

Noun

salpa f (plural salpe)

1. a kind of imitation leather used to bind books

Etymology 2

From Latin salpa, from Ancient Greek σάλπη (sálpē, “a species of fish”).

Noun

salpa f (plural salpe)

1. Salema porgy (Sarpa salpa)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from translingual Salpa.

Noun

salpa f (plural salpe)

1. any fish of the Sarpa taxonomic genus

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

salpa

1. inflection of salpare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• spala

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σάλπη (sálpē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pa/, [ˈs̠äɫ̪pä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pa/, [ˈsälpä]

Noun

salpa f (genitive salpae); first declension

1. A kind of stockfish

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	salpa	salpae
Genitive	salpae	salpārum
Dative	salpae	salpīs
Accusative	salpam	salpās
Ablative	salpā	salpīs
Vocative	salpa	salpae

References

• “salpa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• salpa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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Portuguese

Noun

salpa f (plural salpas)

1. salp (free-swimming tunicate of the family Salpidae)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin salpa

Noun

salpa f (plural salpas)

1. salp
2. salema

Further reading

• “salpa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014