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tappura
tappura
Finnish
(index ta)
Noun
tappura
- (dated) Rough, low-quality fibres of hemp or cotton – waste fibres.
- Tukkasi on takussa kuin tappuraa.
- Your hair is tangled like waste fibres.
- Tukkasi on takussa kuin tappuraa.
Declension
| Inflection of tappura (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tappura | tappurat | |
| genitive | tappuran | tappuroiden tappuroitten |
|
| partitive | tappuraa | tappuroita | |
| illative | tappuraan | tappuroihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tappura | tappurat | |
| accusative | nom. | tappura | tappurat |
| gen. | tappuran | ||
| genitive | tappuran | tappuroiden tappuroitten tappurainrare |
|
| partitive | tappuraa | tappuroita | |
| inessive | tappurassa | tappuroissa | |
| elative | tappurasta | tappuroista | |
| illative | tappuraan | tappuroihin | |
| adessive | tappuralla | tappuroilla | |
| ablative | tappuralta | tappuroilta | |
| allative | tappuralle | tappuroille | |
| essive | tappurana | tappuroina | |
| translative | tappuraksi | tappuroiksi | |
| instructive | — | tappuroin | |
| abessive | tappuratta | tappuroitta | |
| comitative | — | tappuroineen | |
Usage notes
- Nowadays mostly used in the phrase "tulta ja tappuraa" (fire and tappura), which signifies something explosive; or figuratively something passionate, emotional or powerful. This expression propably originates from the easy flammability of the tangled, short waste fibres.
- Also used in the translation of the Bible in the term orjantappurakruunu (crown of thorns) and for any of the several thorny shrubs (orjantappura).
References
- ↑ Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus: Tappuraista soittoa Taru Kolehmainen 7 October 2007