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Salpa
‖
Sal′pa
(săl′pȧ)
, Noun.
pl. L.
Salpae
(săl′pē)
, E. Salpas
(săl′pȧz)
. [NL.: cf. L.
salpa
a kind of stockfish.] (Zool.)
A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix.
☞ Each species exists in two distinct forms, one of which lives solitary, and produces, by budding from an internal organ, a series of the other kind. These are united together, side by side, so as to form a chain, or cluster, often of large size. Each of the individuals composing the chain carries a single egg, which develops into the solitary kind.
Definition 2024
salpa
salpa
See also: sälpä
Finnish
(index sa)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɑlpɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑlpɑ
- Hyphenation: sal‧pa
Etymology 1
From early Proto-Germanic *stalpa-, related to Swedish stolpe (“pole”).
Noun
salpa
- bolt (sliding pin or bar in a lock)
- bar (horizontal pole used to lock a door or a gate)
- hasp, clasp (metal strap fastened by a padlock or a pin)
Declension
| Inflection of salpa (Kotus type 9/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 | |
Derived terms
- nouns: Salpalinja
- verbs: salvata
Etymology 2
Noun
salpa
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 | |
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin salpa, from Ancient Greek σάλπη (sálpē, “a species of fish”)
Noun
salpa f (plural salpe)
- salp (fish of the genus Sarpa)
Verb
salpa
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowing from Ancient Greek σάλπη (sálpē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsal.pa/, [ˈsaɫ.pa]
Noun
salpa f (genitive salpae); first declension
- A kind of stockfish
Inflection
First declension.
| 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “salpa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.