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