taipua
Finnish
(index ta)
Etymology
From tai + -pua.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯puɑˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑi̯puɑ(ʔ)]
- Hyphenation: tai‧pu‧a
Verb
taipua
- (intransitive) to become curved, to bend
- (intransitive) to change one's opinion due to external influence, to give in or bend
- (intransitive, grammar, of a verb) to (be) conjugate(d)
- Suomessa lähes kaikki verbit taipuvat säännöllisissä taivutusluokissa.
- Almost all the Finnish verbs are conjugated in regular conjugations.
- Suomessa lähes kaikki verbit taipuvat säännöllisissä taivutusluokissa.
- (intransitive, grammar, of an adjective, noun) to be declinable
- Adjektiivi eri ei taivu.
- The adjective eri is not declinable / is indeclinable.
- Adjektiivi eri ei taivu.
- (intransitive, optics) to diffract
Conjugation
| Inflection of taipua (Kotus type 52/sanoa, p-v gradation) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative mood | ||||||
| present tense | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | taivun | en taivu | 1st sing. | olen taipunut | en ole taipunut | |
| 2nd sing. | taivut | et taivu | 2nd sing. | olet taipunut | et ole taipunut | |
| 3rd sing. | taipuu | ei taivu | 3rd sing. | on taipunut | ei ole taipunut | |
| 1st plur. | taivumme | emme taivu | 1st plur. | olemme taipuneet | emme ole taipuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | taivutte | ette taivu | 2nd plur. | olette taipuneet | ette ole taipuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | taipuvat | eivät taivu | 3rd plur. | ovat taipuneet | eivät ole taipuneet | |
| passive | taivutaan | ei taivuta | passive | on taivuttu | ei ole taivuttu | |
| past tense | pluperfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | taivuin | en taipunut | 1st sing. | olin taipunut | en ollut taipunut | |
| 2nd sing. | taivuit | et taipunut | 2nd sing. | olit taipunut | et ollut taipunut | |
| 3rd sing. | taipui | ei taipunut | 3rd sing. | oli taipunut | ei ollut taipunut | |
| 1st plur. | taivuimme | emme taipuneet | 1st plur. | olimme taipuneet | emme olleet taipuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | taivuitte | ette taipuneet | 2nd plur. | olitte taipuneet | ette olleet taipuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | taipuivat | eivät taipuneet | 3rd plur. | olivat taipuneet | eivät olleet taipuneet | |
| passive | taivuttiin | ei taivuttu | passive | oli taivuttu | ei ollut taivuttu | |
| conditional mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | taipuisin | en taipuisi | 1st sing. | olisin taipunut | en olisi taipunut | |
| 2nd sing. | taipuisit | et taipuisi | 2nd sing. | olisit taipunut | et olisi taipunut | |
| 3rd sing. | taipuisi | ei taipuisi | 3rd sing. | olisi taipunut | ei olisi taipunut | |
| 1st plur. | taipuisimme | emme taipuisi | 1st plur. | olisimme taipuneet | emme olisi taipuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | taipuisitte | ette taipuisi | 2nd plur. | olisitte taipuneet | ette olisi taipuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | taipuisivat | eivät taipuisi | 3rd plur. | olisivat taipuneet | eivät olisi taipuneet | |
| passive | taivuttaisiin | ei taivuttaisi | passive | olisi taivuttu | ei olisi taivuttu | |
| imperative mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | |
| 2nd sing. | taivu | älä taivu | 2nd sing. | ole taipunut | älä ole taipunut | |
| 3rd sing. | taipukoon | älköön taipuko | 3rd sing. | olkoon taipunut | älköön olko taipunut | |
| 1st plur. | taipukaamme | älkäämme taipuko | 1st plur. | olkaamme taipuneet | älkäämme olko taipuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | taipukaa | älkää taipuko | 2nd plur. | olkaa taipuneet | älkää olko taipuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | taipukoot | älkööt taipuko | 3rd plur. | olkoot taipuneet | älkööt olko taipuneet | |
| passive | taivuttakoon | älköön taivuttako | passive | olkoon taivuttu | älköön olko taivuttu | |
| potential mood | ||||||
| present | perfect | |||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | |
| 1st sing. | taipunen | en taipune | 1st sing. | lienen taipunut | en liene taipunut | |
| 2nd sing. | taipunet | et taipune | 2nd sing. | lienet taipunut | et liene taipunut | |
| 3rd sing. | taipunee | ei taipune | 3rd sing. | lienee taipunut | ei liene taipunut | |
| 1st plur. | taipunemme | emme taipune | 1st plur. | lienemme taipuneet | emme liene taipuneet | |
| 2nd plur. | taipunette | ette taipune | 2nd plur. | lienette taipuneet | ette liene taipuneet | |
| 3rd plur. | taipunevat | eivät taipune | 3rd plur. | lienevät taipuneet | eivät liene taipuneet | |
| passive | taivuttaneen | ei taivuttane | passive | lienee taivuttu | ei liene taivuttu | |
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| infinitives | participles | |||||
| active | passive | active | passive | |||
| 1st | taipua | present | taipuva | taivuttava | ||
| long 1st2 | taipuakseen | past | taipunut | taivuttu | ||
| 2nd | inessive1 | taipuessa | taivuttaessa | agent1, 3 | taipuma | |
| instructive | taipuen | — | negative | taipumaton | ||
| 3rd | inessive | taipumassa | — | 1) Usually with a possessive suffix. 2) Used only with a possessive suffix; this is the form for the third-person singular and third-person plural. | ||
| elative | taipumasta | — | ||||
| illative | taipumaan | — | ||||
| adessive | taipumalla | — | ||||
| abessive | taipumatta | — | ||||
| instructive | taipuman | taivuttaman | ||||
| 4th | nominative | taipuminen | ||||
| partitive | taipumista | |||||
| 5th2 | taipumaisillaan | |||||
Synonyms
- (to become curved): vääntyä
- (to give in): myöntyä
Derived terms
- adjectives: taipuisa
- nouns: taive
- verbs: causative taivuttaa